Good eye Gary. :) This is a perfect of example of how UNWA material can benefit the collector (to learn more about meteoritics). Also, material such as this may present something interesting and new to science. Who knows what discoveries await hidden away inside UNWA stones.
Keep us posted on the results. :) On 8/3/09, Gary Fujihara <[email protected]> wrote: > Aloha, > > In a suspected lodranite recently procured from Morocco, I noticed a > peculiar large, iridescent crystal in the broken face of the > meteorite. I contacted some people on the metlist about this feature > to get their thoughts, and Bernd Pauli has opined that the crystal is > euhedral, iridescent and has the crystalline form of typical > feldspars. But I have never seen a plagioclase feldspar look like > this. Or is this some kind of iridescent olivine crystal? Or ??? > > I am getting this specimen analyzed, but until then, I am hoping > someone on the metlist has seen, and can identify this curious crystal. > > http://astroday.net/Meteorites.html > > Gary Fujihara > AstroDay Institute > 105 Puhili Place, Hilo, HI 96720 > (808) 640-9161, [email protected] > http://astroday.net > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > -- ......................................................... Michael Gilmer (Florida, USA) Member of the Meteoritical Society. Website - http://www.galactic-stone.com Personal Site - http://www.glassthrower.com FaceBook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/fine_meteorites_4_sale Twitter - Twitter - http://twitter.com/GalacticStone eBay - http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/maypickle .......................................................... ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
