[meteorite-list] New Gebel Kamil meteorite with Schlering bands, what do they look like?

From: Mirko Graul <m_graul_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2010 10:47:17 +0000 (GMT)
Message-ID: <90516.8952.qm_at_web26304.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

Hi Tim and List,

i only wonder about this photo.
Schlieren bands can be seen only after etching.
But the slice on your photo is not etched.
I think the slice is polished to a mirror and now the clouds in the sky
are reflected in it.

Thats are Schlieren bands in slices of Gebel Kamil:

http://www.meteorite-mirko.de/images/gebelkamil16.7g.jpg


Best regards Mirko

    

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--- Tim Heitz <midwestmeteor at earthlink.net> schrieb am So, 3.10.2010:

> Von: Tim Heitz <midwestmeteor at earthlink.net>
> Betreff: [meteorite-list] New Gebel Kamil meteorite with Schlering bands, what do they look like?
> An: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Datum: Sonntag, 3. Oktober, 2010 03:47 Uhr
> Hello List,
>
> This is a slice of the New Gebel Kamil meteorite from?
> Egypt, it is an Ataxite and it is ungrouped which makes it
> unique and is one of a kind in composition
>
>
> http://www.meteorman.org/Gebel-Kamil-slice-77g-640.jpg
>
> Could someone tell me what are Schlering bands, are
> those? Schlering bands in the picture??
>
> I did a Google search, but didn't find any information
> about Schlering Bands.
>
>
> Tim Heitz
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Received on Sun 03 Oct 2010 06:47:17 AM PDT