I have a small slice of this meteorite in my collection. It has to be one of the weirdest meteorites I have yet looked at, and I suspect it may require a classification all its own. It is so remelted, recrystallized and deformed I find it hard to believe it may be related to the CR type, yet I still can find a couple of relict chondrules in my piece.
Tracy Latimer On Fri, 15 Nov 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > Last night I posted this, but I don't think it made it through, so here it is > again. (And if it did get posted, I am sorry I repeat myself). > ______________________________________________ > > Hello Members, > > Only a few weeks ago, some of you asked if the controversy around Tafassasset > had been resolved. > I was reading the latest "Meteorite" and in the NEWS article "Annual > Meteoritical Society Meeting", I found the following statement: > > "The unusual Niger meteorite Tafassasset was discussed by Jutta > Zipfel, who suggested it is surely related to the CR chondrites, but has been > severely metamorphosed and partly melted". > > Does that help answer the question? > > Anne Black > IMCA #2356 > www.IMPACTIKA.com > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
