Well, why "watery"? My four meteorite specimens from Mike Farmer arrived today. Although I haven't had much time yet to welcome them, I must say that what I saw knocked my socks off and made my mouth water. That's why this mail may be a little watery :-)
The two Soledade specimens (#9 and #12) are breathtaking and one look under the microscope assured me that Soledade does *in no way* look like Odessa. Number three is the thoroughly recrystallized NWA 2092 with absolutely fresh, thick, black fusion crust (specimen #11) and an awesome light- colored matrix with no chondrules visible - a real eye-catcher! And, a roll of drums, please, ... Mike's new ureilite, Dhofar 979. The pics on his website just don't do this gorgeous beauty justice. It is far more beautiful when viewed under the microscope - golden, almost translucent olivines (as if you were looking at Esquel crystals) and abundant finely disseminated metallic particles ... something to die for. No, it is not a pallasite - the numerous 120� triple junctions attest to it being a ureilite. Best wishes, Bernd ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
