[meteorite-list] NASA mission provides closest ever look at dwarf planet Ceres

2015-06-12 Thread Shawn Alan via Meteorite-list
Hello Lister I wonder if I have a meteorite from Ceres in my collection? Shawn Alan IMCA 1633 ebay store http://www.ebay.com/sch/imca1633ny/m.html Website http://meteoritefalls.com Link: http://phys.org/news/2015-06-nasa-mission-closest-dwarf-planet.html

Re: [meteorite-list] NASA mission provides closest ever look at dwarf planet Ceres

2015-06-12 Thread Larry Lebofsky via Meteorite-list
Hi Shawn: The short answer is, unfortunately, probably not. Ceres generally looks similar (but not a match) to CIs and CMs (clay minerals). This we have known for many years. However, there also seems to be brucite (magnesium hydroxide) which is an indication of low temperature hydrothermal