[meteorite-list] NWA 5205 ... another heads-up

From: bernd.pauli at paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: 12 Jul 2009 23:26:26 UT
Message-ID: <DIIE.0000000700003DF9_at_paulinet.de>

Hey folks,

.. just in case you haven't read that (yet):

Petrography (J. Wittke and T. Bunch, NAU): Polymict breccia with a wide range in
chondrule size (0.3 to 11.1 mm). Several igneous-textured, non-chondritic enstatite
objects (2 - 7.5 mm) are also present. A few very unusual FeS - Fe oxide- bearing
veins (< one mm thick and > 2.8 cm in length) transcend a 6.5 x 2.6 cm slice.
Chondrule mesostasis is nearly free of devitrification. Olivine in type II chondrules
is strongly zoned. Weathering grade is W3 and the shock level is S2/3.

I just acquired the 5.67 g slice and the 5.41 g slice. Also wanted the 4.93 g slice
but it was already sold. Congratulations to the happy person who got that one.
It's got a very dark, horseshoe-like (carbonaceous?) inclusion in the 3 o'clock
position!

Cheers from the happy owner of three of these extraordinary slices


Bernd
Received on Sun 12 Jul 2009 07:26:26 PM PDT