[meteorite-list] Why are Esquel slices Transparent Blue?

[Gary K. Foote]

Thank you Ron,

It didn't make sense to me, but every sample I saw photographed was the same blue matrix 
color.  Of _course_ one would hold it to the sun to show off the olivines and pyroxenes, 
thus reflecting the back sky in the iron.

Doh!

Gary

On 15 Feb 2006 at 17:17, Ron Baalke wrote:

> > 
> > http://www.arizonaskiesmeteorites.com/AZ_Skies_Links/Stony_Irons/index.html
> > 
> 
> I thought you were referring to the color of the olivine crystals, but the
> crystals in this photo are the typical red/orange color you'd expect for any 
> pallasite.  The blue color is being reflected by the polished metal portion 
> of the pallasite, and the source of the blue color could be something as 
> simple as the sky, or a blue wall in the room.  The meteorite itself
> it not blue.
> 
> Ron Baalke
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