[meteorite-list] Microscopic views of meteoritic minerals

Michael L Blood mlblood at cox.net
Sun Mar 20 15:23:38 EST 2005


Thanks for the kind words, Bernd.
        For those who might be interested, I do have one Ibitira Thin
Section left. Those not interested, you still might want to take a
peek at it, as there are some polarized photos, as well at:

Meteorite List <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>

    Best wishes, Michael



on 3/20/05 11:02 AM, bernd.pauli at paulinet.de at bernd.pauli at paulinet.de
wrote:

>> Is there a website (s) that deal with identification of just what
>> one is looking at under the microscope? Just curious as there
>> sure is allot going on in specimens when viewed under magnifi-
>> cation and a little mineral and formation ID would be a real help.
> 
> Hello Bill and List,
> 
> I am not sure whether such a website (one that deals explicitly with
> meteoritic minerals and what they look like in thin section or under
> a microscope) exists but maybe other list members know more in regard
> to this. It would surely be a real help as there is such a bewildering
> variety of minerals, colors of minerals, mineral habits, and so much more.
> 
> What will probably take a professional meteoriticist a few minutes, took
> me about 2 hours when I looked at my Ibitira thin section under the micro-
> scope before I ventured to post yesterday's mail that described what I
> saw.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Bernd
> 
> 
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> Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> 
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