[meteorite-list] News confirmed - NASA landed on VESTA !

From: cdtucson at cox.net <cdtucson_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 13:16:26 -0500
Message-ID: <20110301131626.LKPVP.1456009.imail_at_fed1rmwml46>

Marcin,
Thank you for that.
This is some special meteorite you have here.
According to this study linked below. This indeed may prove to be from a deep crater from Vesta.
And it has quartz! Very rare in a meteorite.

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2011/pdf/1984.pdf

very cool.
Carl

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Carl or Debbie Esparza
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---- Marcin Cimala <marcin at meteoryt.net> wrote: 
> > Marcin, list,
> > That is really a cool meteorite.  I have a few questions if you don't 
> > mind?
> > What is the black portion? Is it Basalt or Impact melt material???
> 
> Hi
> I think its IMB mixed with eucrites like in NWA 5218 and other pairings
> http://www.polandmet.com/_nwa5218.htm
> 
> > How do you classify a meteorite with two distinct lithologies like that?
> 
> Its eucrite IMB becouse each sample is different. Some fragments dont have 
> IMB and other consist in 80+% with IMB so it depends what sample I will send 
> to lab ofcourse.
> 
> > It seems to me it should have broken apart and separated at that point 
> > where they connect.
> > And if they had separated what would you call or classify the black 
> > portion as?
> 
> No, I think this is zone beetween eucrite fragment that "swim" in a vein of 
> hot and liquid eucrite. It happends becouse of any kind of impact or 
> something similar. Im sure there are better persons to explain this :)
> 
> > Is there any Scientific info or chemistry on this yet.
> > Thanks,
> > Carl
> 
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