This meteorite (Nwa 3098) looks a lot like some material I have...NWA 1774.
NWA 1774 R3.8 - 6 (not R5) 714 g TKW Found 2002 I have some NWA 1774 and a thin section for sale if anyone is interested. JD -------------- Original message from "Jeff Kuyken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: -------------- > G'day Bernd & Francesco, > > Ah yes. What a beauty NWA 3098 is! It is also this month's favourite at my > site. There is a pic of the meteorite at the below link. Very interesting > meteorite! > > http://www.meteoritesaustralia.com/favourite.html > > > Cheers, > > Jeff Kuyken > I.M.C.A. #3085 > www.meteorites.com.au > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 10:02 AM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Rumurutite & Kakangarite > > > Francesco wrote: > > > Why on the classification page the R and K meteorite are > > Chondrite and just 6 pages after them become Achondrite? > > Maybe I misunderstood something? > > Francesco, Rumurutiites and Kakangariites are clearly chondritic. > Let's take the LEW 87232 Kakangari-type Antarctic meteorite. The > thin section does show chondrules and chondrule fragments. > > As for the R-chondrites, although the lower types have relatively > few chondrules, they do have them. Ouzina (R4) is even said to have > abundant barred olivine and porphyritic chondrules. I don't have any > Ouzina, so I can't tell. > > My NWA 3098 slice from Stefan Ralew also shows several chondrules > even though it is an R5. > > Best wishes, > > 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 ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list