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Beautiful thin section pictures and those subparallel streaks are probably exsolution* lamellae of kirschsteinite [CaFe(SiO4)]. * H. McSween (1999) Meteorites and Their Parent Planets, Second Edition, Glossary, p. 290: Exsolution = rearrangement of atoms in a homogeneous crystal on cooling so that an intergrowth of two separate minerals results Bernd (happy owner of a 1.024-gram individual of NWA 4590) ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
