[meteorite-list] Greg Hupé's NWA 5480

From: bernd.pauli at paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: 05 Jan 2009 19:19:50 UT
Message-ID: <DIIE.000000B200003781_at_paulinet.de>

a.k.a.: "the Incomparable new Olivine Diogenite" is *extremely* d i f f i c u l t
to photograph and none of the pictures reveals its true crystalline beauty! It took
me several attempts with illumination from different sides and varying exposure
times before I could "catch" one (!) shot that does this diogenite a little
justice! Try to imagine that those pale-brown areas are the orthopyroxene-rich
zones and "in person" they are a shining green like the hypersthene crystals in
Johnstown! The dark brown areas are olivines and their true nature is a dark,
partly translucent amber color like the olivine crystals in some pallasites!

Diogenitically
Yours,

Bernd
Received on Mon 05 Jan 2009 02:19:50 PM PST