Bernd and List, Thank you. List members might want to view my photos of an NWA 998 thin section I got from Michael Blood.
http://www.johnkashuba.com/Ach_NWA_998_Nakhlite.html John Kashuba Ontario, California ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 12:28 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Martian Meteorite MIL 03346 > New Martian Meteorite Found In Antarctica (MIL 03346) Not only is it a new martian meteorite but it is also the first n a k h l i t e from the US Antarctic icefields ! There are two nakhlites from the Yamato icefields and they are probably paired: Yamato 000593 and Yamato 000749. Can MIL 03346 be paired with Y-000593 and Y-000749? Probably not, because the Yamato nakhlites do contain some olivine as an accessory mineral whereas "olivine was not observed" in MIL 03346, which is unusual for nakhlites. I am really glad I was able to acquire 0.61 grams of the NWA 998 nakhlite from Jim Strope some time ago. Some list members will remember that he offered a NWA 998 combo (thin section + meteorite). The thin section is an aesthetic feast for the eyes under crossed polars: - long augite prisms showing simple twinning - some augite crystals showing zoning - some augite crystals having a striated pattern - a few iron-rich olivine crystals with purple rim zoning (= poorer in iron) - colors, colors, colors! For those of you who can access the German Meteorite List (Yahoo List) and who can open the photo files, click on "Dünnschliffe" (= thin sections) and you will find my thin section photo of NWA 998, a stunning cascade of colors! Bernd ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list