Re: [meteorite-list] Anyone have a meteorite with one of these inclusions?

2022-01-20 Thread Alfredo Petrov via Meteorite-list
The article makes it sound as if the diamond landed in Dubai as a meteorite. It didn't. If it is really a true carbonado, and not a hoax, then it came from a diamond deposit in Africa or Brazil, and not from a meteorite. There's a lot wrong with the way the popular press is depicting this thing.

Re: [meteorite-list] Anyone have a meteorite with one of these inclusions?

2022-01-19 Thread Anne Black via Meteorite-list
Carbonaros have also been found in Canyon Diablo.  But only tiny ones.  Anne blackimpactika.comimpact...@aol.com -Original Message- From: Chauncey Walden via Meteorite-list To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wed, Jan 19, 2022 11:49 am Subject: [meteorite-list] Anyone have a

Re: [meteorite-list] Anyone have a meteorite with one of these inclusions?

2022-01-19 Thread Gmail via Meteorite-list
Not an inclusion. Ureilites are known to have carbon polymorphs including microscopic diamonds, but that’s as close as you are going to get. Note that there is some controversy as to the origin of carbon ado diamonds. Mendy Ouzillou On Jan 19, 2022, at 12:50 PM, Chauncey Walden via