[meteorite-list] The hunt for green crystals in Udei Station

From: bernd.pauli at paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: 31 Dec 2008 00:09:41 UT
Message-ID: <DIIE.0000003900003747_at_paulinet.de>

Hi Herman and List,

"I have a 200g chunk of Udei Station...with green (diopside possibly) inclusions."

Wow, 200 grams!!!

Well, call it diopside, call it augite, it is a calcic clinopyroxene, and sooo beautiful!

Diopside = CaMgSi2O6
Augite = (Ca,Mg,Fe2+, Fe3+,Al)2(Si,Al)2O6


Best,

Bernd
Received on Tue 30 Dec 2008 07:09:41 PM PST