[meteorite-list] Benguerir vs. Bensour
Darren Garrison
cynapse at charter.net
Thu Mar 31 10:04:30 EST 2005
On 31 Mar 2005 13:35:55 UT, bernd.pauli at paulinet.de wrote:
>Fred wrote:
>
>> Benguerir is a breccia (and Bensour is not).
>
>Hi Fred and List,
>
>This is not quite true as Bensour is described as monomict
>and *m i c r o* brecciated, but, to me, the Bensour texture
>looks finer-grained and more monotonous than the Benguerir
>texture with its small, mostly tiny, dark- and medium gray,
>intermingled fragments.
I have only a small slice (around 1.xomething grams, I'd have to look it up) but I think that it is
one of the most attractive pieces in my collection. Take a look at this:
http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/bensourslice.jpg
(and for those with lower-resolution screens)
http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/bensourslice_small.jpg
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