[meteorite-list] RFS Picture of the Day - April 6, 2008: NWA 2651 Ureilite
From: Greg Hupe <gmhupe_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 09:16:09 -0400 Message-ID: <014301c898b1$8b941430$0200a8c0_at_Gregor> Hello Jeff, Bernd and List, Here are two photos of an excellent NWA 2624 slice displaying these large and awesome phenocrysts: http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa2624/nwa2624a.jpg http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa2624/nwa2624b.jpg Enjoy! Greg ==================== Greg Hupe The Hupe Collection NaturesVault (eBay) gmhupe at htn.net www.LunarRock.com IMCA 3163 ==================== Click here for my current eBay auctions: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Kuyken" <info at meteorites.com.au> To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 5:01 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] RFS Picture of the Day - April 6,2008: NWA 2651 Ureilite Hi Bernd and all. This pic of the day prompted me to take a look at my NWA 2624 slice again. Stunning meteorite! http://www.meteorites.com.au/features/nwa2624.html Does anyone know if any other Ureilites have been found with pyroxene megacrysts like this? Cheers, Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de> To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 10:28 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] RFS Picture of the Day - April 6,2008: NWA 2651 Ureilite http://www.rocksfromspace.org/April_6_2008.html Hello John, Anne and List, Beautiful thin section picture! Gorgeous colors! NWA 2651 is described as being similar to NWA 2624, which I can definitely confirm. When the Hup?s offered this ureilite with its large and translucent pigeonite grains, I found them so fascinating that I decided to buy three slices (3 + 3.8 + 4 grams) and I am glad I did! Of course, after receiving my slices, I immediately put one of these under my microscope and took a photo of the large, limpid gem-like pigeonites at 16x magnification and was surprised when I detected what is described as "olivine is highly fractured with closely spaced, subparallel fractures". These subparallel, grayish "stripes" are easily recognizable and even those "saw-tooth" grain edges are readily visible at 16x. Best wishes, Bernd ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Mon 07 Apr 2008 09:16:09 AM PDT |
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