[meteorite-list] If I can choose.....! (was: a reply to Hupe andFarmer)

From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Feb 24 01:22:40 2006
Message-ID: <ma9tv11couf2b8r8ec76i39qpekbo0t6np_at_4ax.com>

On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 01:06:32 -0500, you wrote:

>CHONDRULES!
>ANY chondrite with LOTS of sharply defined, wide variety of size and colours
>chondrules over any comparatively plain looking basalt lunar!
>
>They capture my imagination, and I look at them through my microscope
>whenever I have some free time, and cruise the internet looking for
>pictures.

Same here. I like meteorites that look like you are holding a frozen piece of a
circumstellar disc. A chunk of lava from some other planet that can only be
told apart from a chunk of lava from Earth by the fusion crust and ion
microprobe results isn't nearly as fascinating to me.
Received on Fri 24 Feb 2006 01:23:09 AM PST