[meteorite-list] NWA 011 Pairing - NWA 4587

From: Kashuba, Ontario, California <mary.kashuba_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 18:51:19 -0800
Message-ID: <00f801c73aab$88b76f10$6401a8c0_at_VALUED2CAD4949>

Greg, Bernd and list,

Yes, David's site is a great resource.

Here are a few thin section pictures I took of NWA 2976, one of the pairings
of this cool stone.

http://www.johnkashuba.com/Pages/Meteorite%20Pages/Pictures/NWA2976AnomAch.htm

Regards,

- John

John Kashuba
Ontario, California

----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Hupe" <gmhupe at tampabay.rr.com>
To: <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de>
Cc: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 2:59 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 011 Pairing - NWA 4587


> Hi Bernd and List,
>
> Thank you Bernd for directing interested parties to David's web site. He
> really does have a great deal of information regarding NWA 4587 noted. One
> question that I have been asked a few times today is, "What are those
> occasional dark inclusions within the orange matrix?" In an email I
> received
> when I asked the scientists the very same question last month, this is the
> reply, ""Based on our experience with NWA 2400 and NWA 2976, the large
> black
> grains
> in the slice of GH-231 (NWA 4587) you sent is chromite and ilmenite..."
> Scientists at the University of Washington will be probing those dark
> inclusions for further study soon, so perhaps something new will be
> gleaned
> by studying larger samples provided by the 530-gram NWA 4587 stone. If we
> learn more, I will report back here with any additional information.
>
> Best regards,
> Greg
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de>
> To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 4:29 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] NWA 011 Pairing - NWA 4587
>
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Most of us will by now have read and seen Greg's AD re: NWA 4587.
>> If you are looking for a thorough and in-depth description of this unique
>> meteorite that had at first been classified as a highly metamorphosed,
>> unbrecciated eucrite similar to the vesicular Ibitira and was then found
>> to be similar to the CR clan (!) - by the way, visually it resembles the
>> sugary-textured Agoult - then I would recommend you go to David's
>> excellent website:
>>
>> http://www.meteoritestudies.com/
>>
>> .. go to UNGROUPED ACHONDRITES and then click on: NWA 011 where you
>> will find a wealth of information on this NWA achondrite beauty!
>>
>> Pardon? Oh, you would like to know if I have purchased some of this
>> unique
>> material? Yes, I must proudly admit. I have. Here is the item number of
>> my
>> beautiful, little partslice just in case you care ;-)
>>
>> Item number: 180075858766
>>
>> Best achondritic wishes,
>>
>> Bernd
>>
>>
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Received on Wed 17 Jan 2007 09:51:19 PM PST