[meteorite-list] Shapeless goo

[Rob Wesel]

Hi Marc-

I wondered the same thing and presented the piece to Dr Alex Ruzicka at 
Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory. It is referred to as "dark inclusion" not an 
adjective but a scientific term. Very little study has been done on them and 
Cascadia was eager to get some samples from it which I provided. I have a 
customer in Japan that showed some of his pieces to some scientists and they 
bought all the rest that I have. One theory is that is was wet sediment the 
rock sat in on the parent body, dried mud in the matrix as dark inclusions 
are predominantly in the periphery filling voids and cracks. NWA 3118 is 
high in TKW, hopefully more dark inclusions will be found.

Rob Wesel
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marc Fries" <m.fries at gl.ciw.edu>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - December 
1,2004


> Anyone know what that shapeless goo is at the bottom edge of this
> meteorite?  My first thought would normally be "epoxy filler" but this is
> obviously not a mounted sample....
>
> Cheers,
> MDF
>
>> ROCKS FROM SPACE PICTURE OF THE  DAY:
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