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165.5 gram stone chondrite (classification underway).   unclassified

TKW 40 grams.


This is Part 2 of a 2-part MPOD



Steve writes:

Yesterday’s MPOD featured a chondrite meteorite with an apparent "shell". This "shell" was weathered off in some areas, exposing several chondrules in partial relief. For fun, this post shows images of five of these, plus an almost fully complete chondrule exposed in its broken face when the meteorite was snapped in half to obtain characterization and cutting material.

The first five photos depict in crossed-eyes 3D format some chondrules on the weathered surfaces. The sixth is a crossed-eyes photo of the nearly intact 4mm chondrule protruding from the intentionally broken face. These images are followed by their corresponding red-cyan 3D anaglyphs.

By way of comment, I included Chondrule 1 (Photos 1 and 7) because of the odd way it weathered out, leaving a few interesting voids in its structure. Several of the chondrules in this meteorite are surrounded by a thin layer of different material – Chondrule 2 (Photos 2 and 8) has two smaller ones above it that offer examples of that. Chondrule 3 (Photos 3 and 9) is a nice example of the barred olivine variety. I included Chondrule 4 (Photos 4 and 10) because of its odd mix of an apparent olivine crystal and three hollow spheroids aligned in a triangular fashion. Chondrule 5 (Photos 5 and 11) blends in with the mix of chondrules around it and is a bit hard to see, but I included it because I found the way it weathered out to be interesting. And finally, Chondrule 6 (Photos 6 and 12) is the aforementioned nearly complete one protruding from the freshly broken face.

[As Paul will point out, when viewing any of my 3D images, it’s best to start with them reduced in size on your screen – once you have an image in focus, slowly enlarge it while trying to maintain focus. While this advice applies mostly to the crossed-eyes images, I find that it also helps with a few of the red-cyan anaglyphs as well.]



Note from the MPOD Webmaster on 3-D Viewing:

I cannot fuse the stereo-pair images as presented. They are too large for my aged eyeballs to bring together. If you have the same problem, try this:

1) Click on the picture to view the full-resolution photo.

2) Click the 'Smaller' button 10-15 times to shrink the picture to the point where you can fuse the images.

3) Hold the mouse over the 'Bigger' button, fuse the pictures, and click the mouse while keeping the images fused to see how large you can go.

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