[meteorite-list] Classification of Chondrites Without a Number

From: bernd.pauli at paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: 17 Aug 2010 18:56:11 UT
Message-ID: <DIIE.0000004A00004F24_at_paulinet.de>

Hello Greg S., Jeff Gr. and List,

Jeff wrote: "The classification was not done using a thin section"

If I am not mistaken, a "simple" petrographic microscope may be good
enough to determine if an ordinary chondrite is an L3, an LL3, an H3,
etc. but in order to precisely determine whether a chondrite is an L3.x,
LL3.x, an H3.x, meteoriticists will have to use SEM (scanning electron
microscopy).

Best wishes,

Bernd
Received on Tue 17 Aug 2010 02:56:11 PM PDT