Hi Mike and all. Wonderful piece of Bruderheim. One of my favorites. Here's a pic of my specimen if interested:
http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2007/February/bruderheim1.jpg However, upon further study of both your slice and that in Norton's RFS book, to me, the pic in the book looks more like Millbillillie then Bruderheim. The matrix of the picture you cited looks like it's filled with plagioclase needles and crystals characteristic of a glomeroporphyritic texture rather than that of an L6 chondrite. Also, Millbillillie is known for an extremely thin overall crust while Bruderheim often has a thick crust. And of course most readers have likely noticed that the picture of Bruderheim on page 189 looked a little too rich in chondrules. This is, of course, because that picture is not Bruderhiem at all but likely Moorabie, an L3 from Australia. How do I know this? Because the exact same picture appears on page 188 with the presumed correct caption. My suggestion is to scale a frontal shot of your piece and try to match the exact corner to one on the RFS pictured face. My eyeballed attempt could not find a match. Other thoughts? Best, Martin On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 4:19 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.rocksfromspace.org/April_10_2008.html > > > > > > > > > **************Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. > (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000016) > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
