[meteorite-list] Unusual inclusion in Muonionalusta slice

From: Graham Ensor <graham.ensor_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2011 00:02:39 +0100
Message-ID: <CAJkn+kazQ-zmU_BFULR-xO0=Y34O_vCaoADWafuJACvfkidR+A_at_mail.gmail.com>

Thought you might have something special there for a while
Mike....still interesting to contemplate the meteorites journey though
as it weathered away and was probably transported by glaciers
gradually filling in the worn away inclusion.

On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 11:44 PM, Mike Miller <meteoritefinder at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Graham, yes it is open in the front all the way to the surface. So
> it could be tightly packed sand or soil.
>
> On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Graham Ensor <graham.ensor at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Yes Mirko that did cross my mind too....perhaps Mike can tell us if
>> that was possible as he knew the piece before cutting....was the
>> inclusion exposed enough at thge surface for that to have happened?
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Mirko Graul <m_graul at yahoo.de> wrote:
>>> Hi Mike,
>>>
>>> that looks really unusual and interesting.
>>> But I can see no chondrules.
>>> I think there was a hole in the iron (rendered troilite - similar Mundrabilla).
>>> In this hole, then sand and sediment has been deposited.
>>> After the cutting of the iron, it looks like an inclusion.
>>> But this is only a guess.
>>>
>>> Best regards Mirko
>>>
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>>>>Von: Mike Miller <meteoritefinder at gmail.com>
>>>>An: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>>>>Gesendet: 8:47 Samstag, 29.Oktober 2011
>>>>Betreff: [meteorite-list] Unusual inclusion in Muonionalusta slice
>>>>
>>>>Hello everyone I have been cutting irons for years and never really
>>>>noticed an inclusion like this in an iron before. It is a
>>>>Muonionalusta slice and reminds me of a stone meteorite....the
>>>>inclusion that is. Most of the time an inclusion is a single color.
>>>>like a trolite. This one seems to have inclusions in the inclusion?
>>>>Maybe they are common and I just never noticed before? Insight would
>>>>be appreciated. Thanks for your input.
>>>>http://www.meteoritefinder.com/catalog/inclusion.htm
>>>>
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