Re-2: [meteorite-list] Sikhote-alin question

bernd.pauli at paulinet.de bernd.pauli at paulinet.de
Thu Nov 3 14:12:32 EST 2005


Matt wrote:

"Those are probably the crystal face boundaries
that have been burned out. Seen that before."

http://209.238.151.128/sa116d.JPG

Hi Jim, Matt and List,

You can even slightly notice these crystal face boundaries on the right
where they haven't burned out yet but were very close to burning their
way out.

You will also notice another boundary crossing the parallel "cuts" at the lower
left side of this gorgeous piece. It transects the latter two at an angle measuring
exactly 45° ... tell-tale signs of the crystal lattice of this SA. The width should
be about 9 mm (the width of the Widmanstaetten pattern in SA).

Beautiful, rare, and bizarre :-)

Cheers,

Bernd


To: mmorgan at mhmeteorites.com
    jim at catchafallingstar.com
Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com




More information about the Meteorite-list mailing list