[meteorite-list] Soledade etch, check this out!

From: bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Oct 11 16:25:42 2004
Message-ID: <DIIE.0000001500002A1F_at_paulinet.de>

Mike wrote:

> http://www.meteoritehunter.com/

> Matteo emailed me and told me that he thinks this meteorite
> is Odessa! Does anyone who sees this think that this is Odessa?

Although I must admit that this was also my first thought when I saw
the first pics on Mike's sales page, there are two arguments against
such an assumption:

1) Analysis data:

Odessa: 7.25 % Ni, 7.24 % Ni, 8.73 %Ni, 7.2 % Ni
        74.7 ppm. Ga, 285 ppm. Ge, 2.2 ppm. Ir

Soledade: 6.7 % Ni, 98.5 ppm. Ga, 420 ppm. Ge, 3.90 ppm. Ir

2) ZUCOLOTTO M.E. (1999) Brazilian Meteorites
   (Meteorite!, Aug 1999, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 9-10):

"The inside color of Soledade was a little bit brighter than other siderites".


Best regards,

Bernd
Received on Mon 11 Oct 2004 04:25:38 PM PDT