[meteorite-list] NWA 4677 - Fred's New Anomalous Eucrite

From: Peter Marmet <p.marmet_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 00:01:06 +0200
Message-ID: <A3F01471-8DDF-4EA9-8A4D-ECC8268FA027_at_mysunrise.ch>

Hello Bernd and All,

this is my 7.35 g full slice of Dhofar 007:

http://www.marmet-meteorites.com/id4.html

Peter


bernd.pauli at paulinet.d wrote:

> Hello Eucrite Lovers and List,
>
> http://meteoriteshow.free.fr/meteoriteshow%20fra/pages%20navigation/
> pieces_en_vente-fra.htm
>
> http://meteoriteshow.free.fr/meteoriteshow%20angl/pages%
> 20meteorites/NWA4677-classif.pdf
>
> Well, most slices of Fred's anomalous eucrite have been sold! I
> wonder if
> anyone of those collectors who bought this material from Fred (I am
> one
> of them - I purchased slices #008 and #014) thinks it is not only
> "similar"
> to Dhofar 007 (as will be reported in a future issue of the
> Met.Bull.) but
> that it *is* Dhofar 007.
>
> I don't think so because the matrix of NWA 4677 seems to be a
> different color
> and the plagioclase patches are "huge" (relatively speaking)
> especially in slice
> #14 (that's what prompted me to buy it!). Furthermore, there are
> those large
> "clasts" of comminuted material in Fred's anomalous eucrite - they
> are very
> prominent in most slices and I don't remember seeing them this
> distinctly in
> Dhofar 007.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Bernd
>
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Received on Wed 01 Aug 2007 06:01:06 PM PDT


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