Graham Macleod
4/10/2016 6:16:07 PM |
Hi Hanno!
What a great piece of Brecciated meteorite M8!
Beautiful!
Cheers |
Anne Black
4/9/2016 7:42:32 PM |
To answer BK (a full name would be so much nicer), the lower right corner of the slice certainly looks to me like a beveled edge and therefore shows some of the crust. A thin and translucent crust. And, Hanno, I am glad thin-sections were done, they certainly add to the understanding of a specimen. |
John Divelbiss
4/9/2016 7:40:17 PM |
equilibration and impact melting/sorting are two different processes...so a breccia of L3 is possible. It is unusual not have to have a spread of different petrologic grades like L3-6 or similar in a rubble pile this this. |
BK
4/9/2016 5:37:53 PM |
When I see a fragmental breccia like this, I think of an equilibrated chondrite. BTW Hanno, is the lower right portion of the slice part of the cut and polished face of the slice or is it the beveled edge of the slice (and therefore part of the outer rind of the stone)?
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John Divelbiss
4/9/2016 7:58:57 AM |
Really cool, and impact level S4...."come back...its only a flesh wound" |
Michael Hofmann
4/9/2016 7:42:47 AM |
Wow, tolles Puzzle... |
Twink Monrad
4/9/2016 6:18:36 AM |
Yes really interesting and beautiful! |
Bernd Pauli
4/9/2016 4:40:29 AM |
What a beauty! I wonder if the dark xenoliths are carbonaceous material?! |
Graham
4/9/2016 3:52:42 AM |
Wonderful stuff Hanno. |
MexicoDoug
4/9/2016 3:12:56 AM |
Such a fantastic breccia, it would make a very beautiful ornamental stone if it were plentiful for other uses! Thanks Hanno for the sharp photography and for sharing. |
Hanno Strufe
4/9/2016 2:44:20 AM |
Hello Rob,
no, the lower right corner is just orange outside of the endcut. I asked twice if this is a real L3. Thin section shows it. Nothing interchanged. This is realy crazy material. |
Rob Wesel
4/9/2016 2:07:33 AM |
Lower right corner...classic L3 :)
That is one crazy matrix |
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