[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of Day - December 22, 2010
From: Count Deiro <countdeiro_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 06:32:11 -0800 (GMT-08:00) Message-ID: <4919219.1293028331683.JavaMail.root_at_elwamui-cypress.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Thank you, Bernd and Happy Holidays! Guido -----Original Message----- >From: bernd.pauli at paulinet.de >Sent: Dec 22, 2010 3:14 AM >To: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com >Subject: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of Day - December 22, 2010 > >Hello Count, Jason, List, > >Buchwald V.F. (1975) Handbook of Iron Meteorites, Volume 3, p. 862: > >"Primary aggregates of inch-sized taenite crystals, separated by troilite melts, > are apparently not at all rare but may occur within many groups of iron meteorites. > Outstanding examples are N'Goureyma, San Christobal, Barranca, Blanca, Waterville, > Soroti, Santa Catharina, Twin City, and Mundrabilla. > There are, however, strong indications that these primitive structures mainly occur within > the anomalous meteorites ... The polycrystalline metal-sulfide mixtures seem to indicate > that the material was produced by compression and a homogenizing sintering from the > components and that this initial process was followed by a high temperature grain growth > process." > >Best pre-Xmas wishes >from Germany, > >Bernd > >P.S.: Hello Werner and Sandra. This is probably the best "shot" >of this Mundrabilla mass we've ever had the pleasure to see! > >http://www.rocksfromspace.org/December_22_2010.html > >______________________________________________ >Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >Meteorite-list mailing list >Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Wed 22 Dec 2010 09:32:11 AM PST |
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