[meteorite-list] Fw: Lovina Iron

From: Larry & Twink Monrad <larrytwinkmonrad_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:32:46 -0700
Message-ID: <25BD9A4AC5A249CD90560BD66B19E369_at_DFZN8X81>

Posting for Bernd

From: <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de>
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 1:34 PM
Subject: Lovina Iron




Marc wrote:

What a beautiful meteorite! My first take on it is that it must have
crystallized
directly from a melt. The pyramidal forms looks like dendrites complete with
a
preferred orientation. Dendrites do not form in solids like Widmannstatten
patterns
do ? they form by solidification from a liquid.


Hello List,

Looks like the perfect counterpart to the curious chondrule of the JaH 055
(L4/5),
on which Alan Rubin commented: "The dentrites indicate very rapid cooling.
The material surrounding the dentrites is (or was, before metamorphism)
glass."

As for the photo of this dentritic chondrule in JaH 055, go to Tom Phillips'
website!

Best wishes,

Bernd (in Germany)
Received on Tue 23 Feb 2010 04:32:46 PM PST