[meteorite-list] odd NWA = R chondrite

From: bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Sep 24 12:46:11 2006
Message-ID: <DIIE.000000B000000DE3_at_paulinet.de>

This was sold to me as a C-chondrite, but it really doesn't look like one.
Any guesses? Am tending toward an R-chondrite, but it looks like it
contains some C-chondrite clasts and maybe some melt fragments.

http://www.mhmeteorites.com/images/nwa1.jpg
http://www.mhmeteorites.com/images/nwa2.jpg

Hi Matt and List,

Definitely a (weathered) R chondrite with the darker clasts
representing the lower metamorphic portions (probably R3).

Cheers,

Bernd
Received on Sun 24 Sep 2006 12:44:08 PM PDT