David Kring at UA emailed me and asked if they he could exmaine a slice of
GB that I got from Twink Monrad at University of Arizona right now to
determine if that weird inclusion really is carbonaceous. If it turns out
it is then that would certainly qualify as a breccia! Now I'm just waiting
After I thought about it a bit I remembered in an email from Dr. Kring that
he said there have been light colored igneous clasts of L chondrite material
found within GB. That would certainly be enough to classify it as a
breccia.
Regards,
Rhett Bourland
www.asteroidmodels.com
Thanks Rhett,
Now that you mention it, I remember reading (and
seeing ) that inclusion in one of Dr. Kring's papers.
But that raises a good point, how many clasts does
it take to make a breccia? Does just one clast make
for the entire meteorite to be called a breccia?
Wouldn't a better
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