[meteorite-list] Benguerir vs. Bensour

From: Meteoriteshow <meteoriteshow_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Mar 31 10:28:36 2005
Message-ID: <017001c53606$46638c80$6396e052_at_bebees>

Simply beautiful, not to say more.
Thanks for the link, Darren and for the information.
Best wishes,

Fred
----- Original Message -----
From: "Darren Garrison" <cynapse_at_charter.net>
To: <bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de>
Cc: <Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 5:04 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Benguerir vs. Bensour


On 31 Mar 2005 13:35:55 UT, bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de wrote:

>Fred wrote:
>
>> Benguerir is a breccia (and Bensour is not).
>
>Hi Fred and List,
>
>This is not quite true as Bensour is described as monomict
>and *m i c r o* brecciated, but, to me, the Bensour texture
>looks finer-grained and more monotonous than the Benguerir
>texture with its small, mostly tiny, dark- and medium gray,
>intermingled fragments.

I have only a small slice (around 1.xomething grams, I'd have to look it up)
but I think that it is
one of the most attractive pieces in my collection. Take a look at this:

http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/bensourslice.jpg

(and for those with lower-resolution screens)

http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/bensourslice_small.jpg
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