Hello Greg S., Jeff Gr. and List, Jeff wrote: "The classification was not done using a thin section"
If I am not mistaken, a "simple" petrographic microscope may be good enough to determine if an ordinary chondrite is an L3, an LL3, an H3, etc. but in order to precisely determine whether a chondrite is an L3.x, LL3.x, an H3.x, meteoriticists will have to use SEM (scanning electron microscopy). Best wishes, Bernd ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
