[meteorite-list] Acapulcoites and NWA 725
bernd.pauli at paulinet.de
bernd.pauli at paulinet.de
Thu Feb 16 16:01:43 EST 2006
Hmm-ing again :-)
"The winonaites are texturally similar to acapulcoites, but the winonaites
contain coarser grains and abundant crosscutting metal-sulfide veins."
Could this by a typo because:
Marvin's pic of the Acapulco thin section shows grains that are coarser
than the ones of NWA 1054 ...
and because:
The Antarctic acapulcoite TIL 99002 is mineralogically similar to GRA 98028
but has a larger grain size (300-400 µm) than GRA 98028 (50-100 µm).
(Met.Bull. 86, MAPS 37-7, July 2002).
.. and now back to Hutchison who states in Table 8.2 on page 252:
Grain-size of acapulcoites => 150-230 µm
Grain-size of winonaites => 55-230 µm
Regards,
Bernd
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