Hi Marc-
I wondered the same thing and presented the piece to Dr Alex Ruzicka at Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory. It is referred to as "dark inclusion" not an adjective but a scientific term. Very little study has been done on them and Cascadia was eager to get some samples from it which I provided. I have a customer in Japan that showed some of his pieces to some scientists and they bought all the rest that I have. One theory is that is was wet sediment the rock sat in on the parent body, dried mud in the matrix as dark inclusions are predominantly in the periphery filling voids and cracks. NWA 3118 is high in TKW, hopefully more dark inclusions will be found.
Rob Wesel ------------------ We are the music makers... and we are the dreamers of the dreams. Willy Wonka, 1971
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Anyone know what that shapeless goo is at the bottom edge of this meteorite? My first thought would normally be "epoxy filler" but this is obviously not a mounted sample....
Cheers, MDF
ROCKS FROM SPACE PICTURE OF THE DAY: http://www.geocities.com/spacerocksinc/Dec_1.html
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