[meteorite-list] Pallasite vs Mesosiderite

From: Carl 's <carloselguapo1_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:36:42 -0800
Message-ID: <COL108-W16BA459E03F92CCA9106D9BE70_at_phx.gbl>

Hi Al, Pete and others,

Thank you for the explanation. Visually, I've always thought mesosiderites were similar to H Chondrites but only with much more iron sprinkled thruout...sort of like Super H Chondrites. Nice to have such a clear answer. Great question, Pete.

Carl


Al Mitterling wrote:
...Missing in mesosiderites (in any abundance) is olivine, the most abundant
mineral in ordinary chondrites...

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