[meteorite-list] Rumurutite & Kakangarite

[j.divelbiss at att.net]

This meteorite (Nwa 3098) looks a lot like some material I have...NWA 1774.

NWA 1774
R3.8 - 6  (not R5)
714 g TKW
Found 2002

I have some NWA 1774 and a thin section for sale if anyone is interested.

JD



-------------- Original message from "Jeff Kuyken" <jeff at meteoritesaustralia.com>: -------------- 


> G'day Bernd & Francesco, 
> 
> Ah yes. What a beauty NWA 3098 is! It is also this month's favourite at my 
> site. There is a pic of the meteorite at the below link. Very interesting 
> meteorite! 
> 
> http://www.meteoritesaustralia.com/favourite.html 
> 
> 
> Cheers, 
> 
> Jeff Kuyken 
> I.M.C.A. #3085 
> www.meteorites.com.au 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: bernd.pauli at paulinet.de 
> To: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com 
> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 10:02 AM 
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Rumurutite & Kakangarite 
> 
> 
> Francesco wrote: 
> 
> > Why on the classification page the R and K meteorite are 
> > Chondrite and just 6 pages after them become Achondrite? 
> > Maybe I misunderstood something? 
> 
> Francesco, Rumurutiites and Kakangariites are clearly chondritic. 
> Let's take the LEW 87232 Kakangari-type Antarctic meteorite. The 
> thin section does show chondrules and chondrule fragments. 
> 
> As for the R-chondrites, although the lower types have relatively 
> few chondrules, they do have them. Ouzina (R4) is even said to have 
> abundant barred olivine and porphyritic chondrules. I don't have any 
> Ouzina, so I can't tell. 
> 
> My NWA 3098 slice from Stefan Ralew also shows several chondrules 
> even though it is an R5. 
> 
> Best wishes, 
> 
> Bernd 
> 
> ______________________________________________ 
> Meteorite-list mailing list 
> Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com 
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list 
> 
> 
> ______________________________________________ 
> Meteorite-list mailing list 
> Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com 
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list