In the world of earth rocks, if you were to slice clevelandite or barite,
the structure would look much like your mystery crystals.
Fred H
> Hi list
> Jason Borst (http://www.opalandjasper.com) who cuts my larger
> specimens has encountered an unusual crystal structure today in an
> otherwis
Someone should smell it- having a BO chondrule you would think the
meteorite would have an odor to it...
(Sorry...!)
Mike
On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Bernd V. Pauli wrote:
> Hello Jim and List,
>
> Looks very much like polysomatic BO chondrules* to me!
>
> Cheers, Bernd
>
> *See:
>
> Norton
Came across a similar one in an Allende Thin section (which I no longer
have).
See: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1992JRASC..861R
Chris. Spratt
Victoria, BC
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Hi Jim...this is similar...hoping to get it looked at at PSSSRI at
some point soon
http://s760.photobucket.com/user/Graham-Ensor/library/Unusual%20inclusion%20in%20NWAxxx
Sorry about poor shots...just took them quickly to reply
Graham
On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 4:48 PM, wrote:
> Hi list
>
Very odd. Looks like some kind of deformed chondrule. I've never
seen anything exactly like it either.
Jason does awesome work. His cabbing and polishing work is top-notch.
Best regards,
MikeG
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Hello Jim and List,
Looks very much like polysomatic BO chondrules* to me!
Cheers, Bernd
*See:
Norton O.R. (2002) The Cambridge Encyclopedia of
Meteorites (Cambridge University Press, pp. 113+114).
Norton O.R. (2008) Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites (pp.110+111).
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Hi list
Jason Borst (http://www.opalandjasper.com) who cuts my larger
specimens has encountered an unusual crystal structure today in an
otherwise ordinary looking NWA.
Reminds me of a barred olivine chondrule except of course they aren't
contained within a chondrule.And it's likely not o
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