[meteorite-list] Iron meteorite inclusion question

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:43:31 -0400
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Hi Yinan,

The dark inclusions could be graphite. Troilite often has a "brassy"
coloration to it.

Do you have a photo of the slice?

Best regards,

MikeG


On 8/19/10, Yinan Wang <veomega at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone, simple question:
>
> In an iron meteorite, when etched, what do the troilite and
> schreibersite inclusions look like?
>
> I have a slice of canyon diablo and I'm seeing dark round nodules (the
> troilite) and silvery dendritic material (schreibersite?). Which is
> which?
>
> Thanks,
> Yinan
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Received on Thu 19 Aug 2010 08:43:31 PM PDT