As far as I remember, there was an interesting article in Meteoritics some time ago dealing with the origin of the metal in another eucrite, Camel Donga, which also has fairly "large" amounts of Fe/Ni metal. Right now, I cannot check this publication for the arguments on the origin of the metal, but your can try yourself:
Herbert Palme et al. (1988) Camel Donga - A eucrite with high metal contents. Meteoritics vol. 23, pp. 49-57. J�rn > -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet: Dienstag, 3. August 2004 19:11 > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Betreff: Re-2: [meteorite-list] Native iron in DHO 007 > > > > I can understand the Fe in the pigeonite (but this would be really > > tiny), but there is reasonable amount of ~0.5mm fresh Fe/Ni metal > > grains/flecks showing in the matrix, ... > > Maybe it has something to do with those shock features (melt > veins and dikes) > that we have seen in several of the spectacular Dhofar 007 > specimens Ivan K. > offered on EBay - some sort of "metallic puddles" formed > during the shock > event. Just a quick thought. > > Bernd > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
