[meteorite-list] Salt, Beer 'n' meteorites

[bernd.pauli at paulinet.de]

> The other day I was removing some saw marks from an Allende, and
> the dust was naturally going all over the place, but some went into my
> mouth, and I was surprised that it actually tasted 'salty!' anyone think
> of a reason for this?

Because it is salt - just think of Zag and Monahans where water was found
in salt crystals locked inside these meteorites. Salt deposits have also been
found on and in several Antarctic  c a r b o n a c e o u s  chondrites - in most
cases CM2, in some cases CK5 and CK6, in a few cases CR2 chondrites.

Bernd