[meteorite-list] NWA 4677 - Fred's New Anomalous Eucrite

From: bernd.pauli at paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: 01 Aug 2007 21:38:05 UT
Message-ID: <DIIE.000000A900001C80_at_paulinet.de>

Hello Eucrite Lovers and List,

http://meteoriteshow.free.fr/meteoriteshow%20fra/pages%20navigation/pieces_en_vente-fra.htm

http://meteoriteshow.free.fr/meteoriteshow%20angl/pages%20meteorites/NWA4677-classif.pdf

Well, most slices of Fred's anomalous eucrite have been sold! I wonder if
anyone of those collectors who bought this material from Fred (I am one
of them - I purchased slices #008 and #014) thinks it is not only "similar"
to Dhofar 007 (as will be reported in a future issue of the Met.Bull.) but
that it *is* Dhofar 007.

I don't think so because the matrix of NWA 4677 seems to be a different color
and the plagioclase patches are "huge" (relatively speaking) especially in slice
#14 (that's what prompted me to buy it!). Furthermore, there are those large
"clasts" of comminuted material in Fred's anomalous eucrite - they are very
prominent in most slices and I don't remember seeing them this distinctly in
Dhofar 007.

Best wishes,

Bernd
Received on Wed 01 Aug 2007 05:38:05 PM PDT