Re: meteorite crystals

[Bernd Pauli <bernd.pauli@lehrer1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>]

John Sinclair schrieb:

> Hello list,
>
> I have a small collection of Gibeon meteorites that are in the shape
> of
> crystals. They have multiple sides with flat faces. Are these single
> "crystals" that formed with the slow cool of the meteorite, like a
> quartz
> crystal would form? Are they cleaved pieces from a larger mass, like
> fluorite octahedrites?  If they are cleaved from a larger mass, would
> they
> still be considered crystals?, I would like to know what they are and
> how
> they formed as I have never heard anything about their origin.
>
> Here is a picture of some showing multiple sides and shapes
> http://www.meteorites.org/gibxls.jpg
>
> Thanks, John Sinclair

Hell John, hello List,

There is an article in METEORITE! (February 1997, pp. 28-29) by Roland
Dietrich and Stefan König:

The Gibeon Iron Meteorite - in Perfect Crystals

Best wishes,

Bernd

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