On Friday, January 21, 2005 2:25 PM, "Maria Haas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a lot of OC's with varying degrees of > weathering and chondrules poking through the desert varnish that are > not weathered like this one. I am wondering why this particular > chondrule weathered to a pinkish color. Just the right weathering conditions for the rusting iron to permeate the chondrule and discolor it. Maybe it's not common in your other specimens because they're not armored... Or, maybe it's a rarer mineral - orthoclase is commonly pink in color here on earth. I don't quite understand the alteration products/series, but the process can result in quite colorful rocks. A lot of maybes - any mineralogists/geologists out there? > At 10x: > http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/dragonsoup_maria/detail?.dir=4ccf&.dnm=437a.jpg&.src=ph > > At 60x: > http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/dragonsoup_maria/detail?.dir=4ccf&.dnm=107b.jpg&.src=ph Enjoy Tucson! Mark ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
