AW: [meteorite-list] How they classify Meteorites

From: Walter L. Newton <newtonw2_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Jul 13 17:53:19 2006
Message-ID: <009601c6a6c6$bab07620$6ad70818_at_walter>

Hi again... Martin answered...

>I heard, that in some cases a microprobe is very helpful.
>But they are expensive - see:
>http://kuerzer.de/microprob

>Hmm, today Ken Regelman posted to the group, that he has developed a
>guideline for classifying types. Perhaps you can ask him?

>Do you have already "O.Norton: The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Meteorites"?
>A fine book, where you can learn more about the different types.
>Comprehensive and well illustrated with pictures.

>Buckleboo!
>Martin

I understand the different types, what my question was getting at is how
much typing can we do without expensive lab equipment?

Or is every phase of meteorite typing done with lab equipment.

Walter L. Newton
Received on Thu 13 Jul 2006 05:53:08 PM PDT