[meteorite-list] Electric metallic blue inclusion in Ensisheim

From: Jeff Kuyken <info_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:33:04 +1100
Message-ID: <722DB930BAE84F65BA22495573B710E8_at_JeffPC>

Great pic and nice specimen Shawn.

That appears exactly the same as the blue inclusion in my "Blue Buzzard"!
;-)

http://www.meteorites.com.au/features/buzzardcoulee.html

I've seen them in a couple of other pieces too and on every occasion they
seem to be associated with Troilite. Bornite was one of the initial theories
put forward which led to the conclusion that the most 'likely' candidate is
Chalcopyrite.

Cheers,

Jeff

----- Original Message -----
From: "Shawn Alan" <photophlow at yahoo.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 3:22 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Electric metallic blue inclusion in Ensisheim


Hello List

Tonight I took this photograph of my Ensisheim that I got a couple weeks
ago. I noticed when I first got the meteorite this intense metallic gold
vein going at a diagonal angle and within the vein there is this electric
metallic blue inclusion while viewing it through my 60x loupe. I remember
last month there was a thread about Buzzard Coulee Blue Inclusion and I
think some people had suggested that this inclusion might be Bornite. I am
not sure if this discussion was completed but I would like to add my
hypotheses on what it might be from my meteorite. I think it could Troilite
because the vein reminds me of pyrrhotite which is FeS,Troilite, which is
common in meteorites in varying degrees. Has anyone ever seen a electric
metallic blue inclusion lke this in Ensishem before? And what are your
thoughts it might be?

Shawn Alan

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/4437467502_86fab042c2_b.jpg
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