[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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