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Unclassified NWA   contributed by Bernd Pauli   MetBul Link

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Bernd writes:
Unclassified weathered (W3-4) NWA (three pieces: 2.5 + 2.0 + 1.2 gr totaling 5.7 gr) labeled "A" from our late Jim Kriegh. Jim's written comment:
"specimen A - unclassified - possibly type 3".

There are a few relatively large FeNi patches. Chondrules are mostly grayish, some of them are oval. There’s one bleached chondrule segment. Troilite is sparse. The 2.5 gr endcut measures 1.65 x 1.07 x 1.01 cm, the 2.0 gr slice = 1.64 x 1.25 x 0.53 cm, and the smaller 1.2 gr endcut measures 1.31 x 0.9 x 0.75 cm.


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John Hope
 4/3/2014 2:48:37 AM		 Thank you very much for submitting such a great photo and the great information that comes with it.. Cheers John
Graham Macleod
 3/31/2014 7:00:31 PM		 Great selection of this uNWA Bernd, Lots of chondrules and a very nice matrix. The thin slice would no doubt look great close up:) Cheers
Ray Watts # 6289
 3/31/2014 1:30:20 PM		 Very Nice looking material / thanks for showing Us .
Bernd Pauli
 3/31/2014 11:49:53 AM		 Hello Folks, Definitely not a CB chondrite ... there are no metallic chondrules and, no, it's not loaded with amoeboid (CAIs) either. It *is* a fairly unequilibrated L3.x chondrite. Yes, it was subject to aqueous activity on the parent body! Why? Well, those tell-tale bleached chondrules!
Ian Macleod
 3/31/2014 4:52:26 AM		 Nice! A colourful meteorite that at some stage was subject to aqueous activity on the parent body. At first I was thinking a Unequilibrated type 3 but it does seems to be loaded with amoeboids rather than well formed chondrules.
gourgues Denis
 3/31/2014 3:58:01 AM		 ...like type CB..very round sphere...a new picture from the left fragment;roughly plan would be really interesting.. *''''''.
 

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