[meteorite-list] Mike Farmer's Silicated Patagonian Iron

From: bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Nov 10 14:53:54 2006
Message-ID: <DIIE.000000600000111B_at_paulinet.de>

Glad to see I was right on target when I wrote on Fri, Oct. 27:

Beautiful crystals, they are! Yes, I think they are pyroxene
crystals (augite), probably diopside [CaMgSi2O6]. Diopside has
been found in these irons: Caddo County, Four Corners, Ocotillo,
and Udei Station. The most interesting of these with regard to
Mike's iron is probably Four Corners because of its polycrystal-
linity, its silicate-graphite inclusions, its Neumann bands. Four
Corners is anomalous and Mike's iron will surely be classified as
an anomalous iron, too!

Cool meteorite!!!

Bernd
Received on Fri 10 Nov 2006 02:51:01 PM PST