Jay Haynes wrote: > From the looks of the inclusion it is a sulfide (brass colored > about 1mm in length and half a mm in width). I am 100% sure > it is a slice of Allende as I just got it from [...] Looking over > the slice I see many more brass colored metal flakes in it but > much smaller as well as some ordinary metallic flake in the > matrix as well as from the looks of it (not too sure at this > moment) also in the chondrules.
Hello Jay and List, This description still leaves me a little puzzled as there should not be anything like metal flakes and mm-sized brassy inclusions. I've been looking at my six Allende slices (the largest having a diameter of more than 2 inches) but the only features I could detect that somewhat resemble your description are orange-colored "specks" and a look at figure 6.6 (an Axtell specimen in full color!) in O.R. Norton's CEM (p. 107) says: "Weathering of the meteorite has altered some of the chondrules turning them an o r a n g e color". There should be so many Allende slices in our collections that it would be interesting to hear more about what Jay observed from other list members! Best regs, Bernd ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
