[meteorite-list] Unclassified NWAs: What's the attraction?

From: Jerry <grf2_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 21:28:39 -0500
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You gota love em all!!!!!!!!
Jerry Flaherty
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> Tom wrote:
>
> WOW! I can't remain silent. MOST of us are interested in the rocks, you
> know the material that came from out of this world. I've heard it said "
> There is no such thing as an ordinary chondrite" and that applies to all
> rocks from space.
>
>
> NORTON O.R. (2001) Ugly Ducklings of the desert
> (Meteorite Mag., August 2001, Vol. 7-3, pp. 22-23):
>
> None of the meteorites had fusion crusts. Most were severely fractured,
> some broken
> in pieces along fracture lines allowing for the entrance of terrestrial
> contaminants. The
> interiors were stained brown from iron oxide. But I kept telling myself
> that it didn't
> matter their condition. These "ugly ducklings" are, after all, real
> meteorites...Off they
> went to the thin section maker. When they returned and I had my first look
> at their
> interiors my "Ho hum, just another Sahara OC" attitude changed. Like the
> story of the
> ugly duckling, within the few months of grinding and polishing, a
> transfiguration had
> taken place. These "ordinary" chondrites were every bit as beautiful and
> exciting as
> any chondrites I have examined through the years. I was moved by the fact
> that I was
> the first to peer into the interiors of these asteroid chps. Wonderful
> discoveries abound
> in these sections. The textural variations are so great that the explorer
> is guaranteed
> to see structures never before seen by anyone. Herein lies the beauty of
> these "ugly
> ducklings".
>
>
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