[meteorite-list] Near pure Olivine Meteorite

From: Carl Agee <agee_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 17:39:53 -0700
Message-ID: <CADYrzhoRivbVoY-fTg3GUBxNkik8O4F753QcOGmSbZ=YAArTZg_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Jim,

Nature abhors "pure" anything. Chassignites are martian dunites.

Carl
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On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 5:05 PM, Jim Wooddell
<jim.wooddell at suddenlink.net> wrote:
> So, we find pallasites, we find irons, we find chondrites. And, with the
> pallasites some are loaded with a lot of olivine. So anyone have any
> scientific ideas why we don't find near pure olivine meteorites? Or do we??
>
> For the sake of conversation...
>
> Jim
>
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