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

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Its a problem of photos...when I take a photo of a
pallasite I put in front of the photography machine a
white paper and i have the metal of the pallasite with
a right color, behinh a light for the olivine, type in
this photo if is in low resolution and is not well
visible

http://it.geocities.com/mcomemeteoritecollection/Imilacgr.96.JPG

Matteo
--- "Gary K. Foote" <gary at webbers.com> ha scritto: 

> 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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