[meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture of the Day - November 14, 2007

From: Jerry <grf2_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:55:45 -0500
Message-ID: <EBF758FBEC714BA69A702E215CD4104D_at_Notebook>

Bernd and List, Thanks. As always "right on target"!
Jerry Flaherty
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From: <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 11:55 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture of the Day - November
14,2007


> Jerry writes:
>
> "Mark and List is that an artifact near the midline in the lower
> 1/4 or is that a "perfectly" circular armoured condrule?"
>
>
> http://www.rocksfromspace.org/November_14_2007.html
>
>
> Hello Jerry, Mark and List,
>
> NWA 4522 is not only very chondrule-rich with lots of sometimes very
> colorful
> medium- and large-sized chondrules (among them several so-called "bull's
> eye
> chondrules," officially called "bleached chondrules" like the one Jerry is
> inquiring
> about) but it is also a truly awesome breccia with some slices displaying
> large, creamy
> yellow clasts of seemingly lower petrologic grade (5 or 6). Other slices
> show gunmetal
> blue clasts that look mottled and suspiciously like LL6 or even LL6-7
> inclusions and
> still others show cm-sized dark, featureless inclusions - almost CK-like
> with tiny
> "nuggets" of troilite.
>
> Well, when NWA 4522 was offered by Carsten some time ago, I was unable to
> decide
> which slice I should take so I purchased four of them and can now enjoy
> all these
> features simultaneously :-)
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Bernd
>
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