Hi List, Last night I heard something puzzling.
A collector/scientist that I know says that he read a paper published by GSI that claims Katol is an H5 chondrite. I asked him for a link to the paper or more info on it, and I am still waiting to hear back on that. In the meantime, this has me wondering. I have seen a lot of H5 chondrites over the years. I have seen fresh H5 falls and weathered H5 NWA stones. I have never seen an H5 (or any H-chondrite) that resembles Katol. I have a hard time believing that this meteorite is an H. The pieces I have seen (many, ranging in size from crumbs to 2+ grams, whole and fragments) do not look like chondrites at all. I have heard reports of specimens that have chondrules, but I have not seen any. I also heard reports of a specimen that is entirely metal and another one with crystalline inclusions. If those reports are credible, and based on the green matrix and crystalline texture, then I doubt this is an H-chondrite. Does anyone have a link to this GSI paper or more info about it? Best regards, MikeG -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone ------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
