[meteorite-list] Sand-crusted, polished OC slice

[Michael Farmer]

Beda, I have seen a meteorite with a crust of sand from NWA that was some 
years ago, so I dont know which one it was. It was being sold in the USA.
Of course, some Oman meteorites exhibit the same thing.
Mike Farmer
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Beda Hofmann" <beda.hofmann at nmbe.unibe.ch>
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Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 8:45 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Sand-crusted, polished OC slice


> Hello listmembers
>
> From a donated collection I unpacked an unlabelled slice of an ordinary 
> chondrite, with a very high quality polish. The meteorite is crusted with 
> an up to 5 mm thick rind of sand grains, well rounded quartz mostly, 
> cemented by oxides released from the meteorite. I assume that the slice 
> was acquired more than 15 years ago, material looks as H4-5, W3. Does this 
> sound familiar to anyone?
>
> Thanky for any hints
>
> Beda Hofmann
>
>
>
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