The LL3's would be a good place to start shopping.....Richfield, Bovedy, Ragland, etc. I also have a spectacular small piece of the Libyan LL3 Sarir Qattusah 001 which is quite pretty
Hi all,
I agree......these LL's, L's and L/LL's have some beautiful chondrules, especially Ireland's Bovedy.
For those interested, here's a few pictures of the cut & polished faces:
Richfield - http://fernlea.tripod.com/richfiel.jpg
Bovedy - http://fernlea.tripod.com/bovedy.jpg
Sarir Qattusah - http://fernlea.tripod.com/sq0012.jpg
Ragland - http://fernlea.tripod.com/ragland1.jpg
In recent weeks, one of the nicest "new" pieces I've seen is a carbonaceous chondrite going under the working name of Tagounite 084. It was first classified as a CV3, but the analysis didn't quite gel for CV....it's extremely magnesian with Fa <1.
I had it re-classified a few weeks ago and the results came back saying that it's actually a CR3. Technically it's the first CR3 discovered (found 1999), but the re-classification means that it wasn't recognised as such until 2002. In the best interests of caution, it'll be printed as C3 with an NWA number later this year.
Here's a picture - http://fernlea.tripod.com/t0849g7.jpg
<< , I think. Rob @ Fernlea was selling it a while back but I don't know if he still has
any....and besides, you'd have to deal with the proprietor. ;-) >>
Yes, I do still have some........but you can't have any ;-)
Cheers,
Rob.
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