[meteorite-list] The Hupes' NWA 3148 eucrite

From: bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Mar 21 13:24:58 2005
Message-ID: <DIIE.0000004200003555_at_paulinet.de>

Hello Harold and List,

> what you are looking at, with orange-brown color is probably not any zircon,
> as zircons in meteorites are very tiny and in thin section light brick-red. They
> can hardly been seen with naked eye. What you mean could be staining (iron-
> oxide) from the high metal amount, or diogenite parts.

Thank you, Harold,

You are right. They are probably rusty haloes around the metal inclusions. I was
looking at my slice at 16x and 32x power with my microscope today and I actually
found a few tiny, elongated specks that are either troilite-like aggregates or maybe
some of those elusive zircons. Their color was a bit too "golden-yellow" for troilite
or some other iron sulfide. Less commonly, zircons also show yellowish hues.

Best regards,

Bernd
Received on Thu 17 Mar 2005 05:23:35 PM PST