[meteorite-list] Chondrule (Color) Question

Maria Haas dragonsoup at msn.com
Mon Jan 24 00:56:13 EST 2005


Dear Jeff, Mark, & Bernd,

Thank you for addressing my free or low (or possibly stained) chondrule.

If I could please ask for one more thing... Could you point me in the 
direction of a reference that would also show a Fe stained chondrule?

Thanks again,
Maria



Maria wrote:

 > I am wondering why this particular chondrule
 > weathered to a pinkish color.

Jeff Kuyken wrote me off list.

Mark responded:

 > Just the right weathering conditions for the rusting
 > iron to permeate the chondrule and discolor it.

Bernd added:

>Maybe it is a porphyritic pyroxene chondrule where pyroxene
>crystals are surrounded by  p i n k i s h Ca-free or low-Ca
>feldspathic glass as has been abundantly preserved in "PP"
>(porphyritic pyroxene) chondrules in the Korra Korrabes H3
>chondrite. (Reference deleted)





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