[meteorite-list] Sand-crusted, polished OC slice
From: Michael Farmer <meteoritehunter_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Jan 20 10:48:40 2006 Message-ID: <017b01c61dd8$fe6c9c30$0200a8c0_at_S0031628003> Beda, I have seen a meteorite with a crust of sand from NWA that was some years ago, so I dont know which one it was. It was being sold in the USA. Of course, some Oman meteorites exhibit the same thing. Mike Farmer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beda Hofmann" <beda.hofmann_at_nmbe.unibe.ch> To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 8:45 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Sand-crusted, polished OC slice > Hello listmembers > > From a donated collection I unpacked an unlabelled slice of an ordinary > chondrite, with a very high quality polish. The meteorite is crusted with > an up to 5 mm thick rind of sand grains, well rounded quartz mostly, > cemented by oxides released from the meteorite. I assume that the slice > was acquired more than 15 years ago, material looks as H4-5, W3. Does this > sound familiar to anyone? > > Thanky for any hints > > Beda Hofmann > > > > -- > > ************************* > Dr. Beda Anton Hofmann > Curator, Earth Science Department > Natural History Museum Bern > Bernastrasse 15 > CH-3005 Bern, Switzerland > Phone +41 31 350 72 40 > FAX +41 31 350 74 99 > e-mail beda.hofmann_at_nmbe.unibe.ch > http://www.nmbe.ch/ > ************************* > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > Received on Fri 20 Jan 2006 10:48:40 AM PST |
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