[meteorite-list] Mecurian Meteorite??? Don't think so

From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:54:12 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <940448.79067.qm_at_web30715.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Hi Rob,

I think you may be confusing NWA 3133 which plots in
the CV zone according to oxygen isotope testing, not
Angrites. Angrites do not plot anywhere near the CV3s.

Best Regards,

Adam

 
--- Rob McCafferty <rob_mccafferty at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Well, though I'd love angrites to be shown to be
> from
> Mercury but I've looked at some of the papers and
> they
> sit neatly within the CV3 realm for oxygen isotope
> and
> thermal metamorphosing of CV3 seems to give a pretty
> good approximation of angrites. I suspect angrites
> are
> not from Mercury (though angrite Tomassint [sp] gave
> me enough doubt to make me buy some just in case)
> Whatever their history, they appear to be the
> differentiated part of the same body the CV3
> meteorites came from.
> I still have some of the papers saved to my HD so if
> anyone wants them I'll see if i can find them.
>
> Rob Mc
>
>
>
>
> --- Rob Wesel <rob at nakhladogmeteorites.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello Darren, List
> >
> > A 2007 paper was published in MAPS taking the
> other
> > side of the
> > Angrite-Mercury hypothesis:
> >
> > Hutson, M.L. and A. Ruzicka (2007) The case
> against
> > Mercury as the angrite
> > parent body. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 42,
> > Abstract #5238
> >
> > Here are the ones in favor:
> >
> > Unique Angrite, NWA 2999: The Case For Samples
> From
> > Mercury, A. Irving, S.
> > Keuhner, D. Rumble, T. Bunch, J. Whittke, AGU,
> 2005
> > Fall Meeting, Abstract
> > #P51A-0898
> >
> > S. M. Kuehner, A. J. Irving, T. E. Bunch, J. H.
> > Wittke, G. M. Hup? & A. C.
> > Hup?, 2006, Coronas and symplectites in plutonic
> > angrite NWA 2999 and
> > implications for Mercury as the angrite parent
> body.
> > Abstracts of the 37th
> > Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, #1344
> >
> > Debate continues to exist on the matter. The truth
> > is we have no answer at
> > this time, only a notion of what a Mercurian
> > meteorite might contain. One
> > day soon we will be able to compare gasses or even
> > samples and then we'll
> > have a much better model.
> >
> > Rob Wesel
> > http://www.nakhladogmeteorites.com
> > ------------------
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Darren Garrison" <cynapse at charter.net>
> > To: "LIST" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 8:29 PM
> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Mecurian
> Meteorite????
> >
> >
> > > On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:10:43 -0600, you wrote:
> > >
> > >>So what meteorite did the esteemed Dr. Love say
> > was a possible
> > >>Meurcian Meteorite? I sure would like to
> know!!!!!
> > >
> > > Those angerites are pretty mercurial.
> > >
> > >
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