[meteorite-list] Clay meteorites?

From: lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu <lebofsky_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 11:02:55 -0700 (MST)
Message-ID: <d0c36cd7af626f633892950ef90eff54.squirrel_at_webmail.lpl.arizona.edu>

Robert:

Do you own a CI or a CM? Then you have a meteorite with clay minerals in it!

Larry

> After reading this article, I have a question:
> Do we have to keep an open mind to the possibility of finding a "clay
> meteorite"?
> -- Bob V.
>
> <http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/news/breakingorbit/2010/10/geminids-meteor-shower-driven-by-exploding-clays.html>
>
> Exploding Clays Drive Geminids Sky Show?
>
> ++++++++
> If the Geminids are the spawn of Pallas, their meteorites could teach us a
> lot about that huge and hard-to-reach parent body.
>
> "Pallas is second largest asteroid [by volume], and we don't know much
> about it," Campins said.
>
> "So if we actually have pieces of it that come to the Earth and could be
> recovered, we would have a free sample-return mission to the asteroid."
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