[meteorite-list] Interesting crystal in meteorite - what is it?

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 20:58:30 -0400
Message-ID: <e51421550908031758v389d53d9va3a8d9d2edb596e6_at_mail.gmail.com>

Spectrolite is quite beautiful. :)

I've always wanted to put some in my rock tumbler.

Best regards,

MikeG


On 8/3/09, countdeiro at earthlink.net <countdeiro at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Dear Pekka and List,
>
> Your 2 cents worth makes one wonder what ten cents worth would have brought
> to the eyes! What an extraordinary group of specimens! The variety and
> beauty of the crystals is so overwhelming that I, for one, will try to
> collect as much of this material as I can afford..
>
> With admiration and thanks,
>
> Count Deiro
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Pekka Savolainen <nuuska at dlc.fi>
>>Sent: Aug 3, 2009 3:55 PM
>>To: Gary Fujihara <fujmon at mac.com>
>>Cc: MeteorList <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Interesting crystal in meteorite - what is
>> it?
>>
>>
>>To me the form of the crystal looks like typical plagioglace feldspar,
>>(labradorite), (anorthosite + albite),
>>/N//a/(/A//l//S//i/3/O/8)/C//a/(/A/12/S//i/208).
>>
>>You can find some pics of the crystals of finnish iridecent labradorite
>>(Spectrolite) from;
>>
>>http://www.finnishspectrolite.com/finlang/galleria/kuvat/spektroliitti012.html
>>
>>
>>Just my 2 cents, please, let us know, what it really is, when have the
>> piece
>>analyzed :-)
>>
>>best,
>>
>>pekka s
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Gary Fujihara kirjoitti:
>>> Aloha,
>>>
>>> In a suspected lodranite recently procured from Morocco, I noticed a
>>> peculiar large, iridescent crystal in the broken face of the
>>> meteorite. I contacted some people on the metlist about this feature
>>> to get their thoughts, and Bernd Pauli has opined that the crystal is
>>> euhedral, iridescent and has the crystalline form of typical
>>> feldspars. But I have never seen a plagioclase feldspar look like
>>> this. Or is this some kind of iridescent olivine crystal? Or ???
>>>
>>> I am getting this specimen analyzed, but until then, I am hoping
>>> someone on the metlist has seen, and can identify this curious crystal.
>>>
>>> http://astroday.net/Meteorites.html
>>>
>>> Gary Fujihara
>>> AstroDay Institute
>>> 105 Puhili Place, Hilo, HI 96720
>>> (808) 640-9161, fujmon at mac.com
>>> http://astroday.net
>>>
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>>--
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