Bernd, Us BL owners and I am sure much of the list would love to see some images. Please share some. We know you take wonderful pics through your scope.
Cheers, Mike Tettenborn ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 3:27 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] NWA 1685 or Dean's BL > Hello Dean, BL-owners and List, > > Today I took some digital pictures of several of my thin sections > under crossed polarized light. Among these, my NWA 1685 thin > section which I purchased from Dean a few days ago and I am > glad I did. He had another one on EBay but I've just bought it with > "Buy It Now" :-) > > The BL's have already been the subject of much debate and whatever > they will finally be classified as, they are beautiful, they are extraordinary. > There are now two gorgeous, cut specimens in my collection: 131 grams > and 251.3 grams with fantastic fusion crust and regmaglypts - plus these > two thin sections. > > Here is what I found in the BL thin section thaI I already own: > > Both in hand specimen as in thin section there are areas that are absolutely > featureless, devoid of any chondrules or other inclusions, and look almost > achondritic. > > The view under crossed polars is breathtaking: While there are chondrules > and mineral components of various sizes in a fine-grained, almost opaque > groundmass, the featureless clast in my TS shows an incredible, equigranular > structure without any fine-grained, interstitial groundmass ... as if it had been > "blown" or "swept" away. > > Never before have I seen this in any other thin section that I have or that I > have seen pictured in the literature. Imagine hundreds and hundreds of > colorful little pearls seen from a distance. > > Best wishes, > > Bernd > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
