[meteorite-list] Sikhote-Alin Question
From: M come Meteorite Meteorites <mcomemeteorite2004_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Jul 11 20:40:44 2006 Message-ID: <20060711182644.74770.qmail_at_web26208.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> and of this what you say? http://www.mcomemeteorite.it/images/SikhoteAlingr.2162.JPG Matteo --- Martin Horejsi <accretiondesk_at_gmail.com> ha scritto: > Hi All, > > I knew I had seen that feature somewhere, but I > could not remember at the time. > > Anyway I found it. It was in a 0.334g oriented > Bensour individual I > have in my collection. > > Here are three pics of the piece. While on an > entirely different > scale, both in size and class, it does have a > striking resemblance to > the feature in the Sikhote-Alin that caused this > thread. > > http://www.geocities.com/planetwhy/bensour1.jpg > > http://www.geocities.com/planetwhy/bensour2.jpg > > http://www.geocities.com/planetwhy/bensour3.jpg > > Happy contemplating. > > Martin > > > > > On 27 Jun 2006 20:38:24 UT, bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de > <bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de> wrote: > > Eric wrote: > > > > "Anyone want to take a stab at what it might be. > > I have no good explanations. Here is a link to > > the auction" > > > > > <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3239&item=230002162891> > > > > OK, ... taking a stab at what it might be. If it > is NOT one of those > > impact-produced surface craters that McHone and M. > Killgore describe > > in "Impact-produced surface craters on > Sikhote-Alin irons" (cp. MAPS > > 33-4, Supplement, 1998, p. A101), it might be > troilite surrounded by > > schreibersite + swathing kamacite. > > > > Buchwald wrote about Sikhote-Alin: > > > > "Troilite occurs in minor amounts, mostly > associated with the > > schreibersite skeleton crystals which in many > instances may have > > nucleated upon the troilite. The troilite forms > 1-10 mm nodules > > and lenticular bodies. In most cases it forms the > central part > > of cm-sized, intricate, lace-like textures where > schreibersite > > filaments and hieroglyphs radiate from the > troilite in structures > > that suggest coarse-grained eutectics (+). Similar > structures are > > present in, e.g., Sao Juliao, Sandia Mountains and > S a n t a > > L u z i a*." > > > > .., and on p. 1074, Buchwald wrote about Santa > Luzia*: > > > > BUCHWALD V.F. (1975) Iron Meteorites (Univ. of > > California, 1975, Vol.3, excerpts from p. 1074): > > > > "Not only is the troilite elongated parallel to > the present exterior surface, > > but the schreibersite-metal eutectics (+) > associated with it also appear to > > have formed parallel cylinders 10-40 mm in > diameter. Later, swathing kamacite > > has grown around these cylinders in the solid > state to form concentric shells, > > 5-15 mm thick. Troilite forms the central part of > the cylinders, but, since > > it pinches and swells irregularly, it may or may > not be present in a given > > section perpendicular to the cylinders." > > > > (+) McSWEEN H.Y. (1999) Meteorites and Their > Parent Planets > > Cambridge University Press, Glossary, p. 290): the > liquid that > > occurs at the lowest temperature in a chemical > system. > > > > So, maybe, we are looking at a cross-section of > such a cylinder. > > > > Well, probably not quite as interesting as the > ongoing discussion > > about fraudulent trade practices, but, anyway, ... > my stab ;-) > > > > > > Bernd > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato Via Triestina 126/A - 30030 - TESSERA, VENEZIA, ITALY Email: mcomemeteorite2004_at_yahoo.it Sale Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.it Collection Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.info MSN Messanger: spacerocks at hotmail.com EBAY.COM:http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/mcomemeteorite/ Chiacchiera con i tuoi amici in tempo reale! http://it.yahoo.com/mail_it/foot/*http://it.messenger.yahoo.com Received on Tue 11 Jul 2006 02:26:44 PM PDT |
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