Hi Rob, Rand and ALL and thanks for your reply,,,
The little spheroids do not have any layers inside, when I break one of them I get a reflecting crystalline surface, milky white to gray in color(pyroxenes as I believe). In addition to that they are not affected at all by a dilluted HCl. The rock itself contains very Iron since it can deflect a magnetic needle. One of the spheroids is well over 1cm in diameter, but most are in submillimeter scale.
to Rand;
Well, concerning the crystaline material, it may just be build-up of terrestrial mineral which has formed on the exterior of your specimem. I mean, in order for this meteorite to have suffered such extensive corosion, it must have been lying undisturbed for millinia...long enough for earthly mineral deposits to materialize. I doubt that you would find such material within the virgin matrix of your specimin. Rand Kluge.
Yes they are within the virgin matrix.
Look carefully in the second picture again please; http://www.alifyaa.com/mf/cndrl
there is a white piece on the surface but it is the inside of the rock, but it is a bit out of focus. I will add new photos again later.
Sincerely
Mohamed H. Yousef
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From: "Matson, Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 'M Yousef' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Identity of white spheroids in rock
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 18:03:26 -0800
Hi Mohamed and Happy New Year,
I just had a moment to check out your latest images. Good news: I can
tell you what those little white spheroids are in your rock: oolites.
I found one of these myself on a dry lake (pleistocene) and was quite
intrigued. After much research, I discovered that I had an oolitic
limestone.
If you should cut one of these little white spheroids in half, you'll
discover that it consists of dozens of concentric layers -- like
an onion.
Keep at it -- put enough hours in the field and you can't help but
find a meteorite.
Cheers,
Rob
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