[meteorite-list] Presenting my 50mm Dronino Sphere

David & Kitt Deyarmin bobadebt at ec.rr.com
Sat Apr 21 23:12:35 EDT 2007


I just finished working on my 4th iron meteorite sphere and I was pleasantly 
surprised at how interesting it turned out.

Originally I just wanted and Ataxite Sphere and there were not a lot of 
affordable options so I selected Dronino because it had those neat little 
sulfide inclusions.

I know most people display highly polished ataxite slices but I always 
planned to etch this sphere and once I did I realized it was the right 
choice, this material has the holographic effect that most octahedrites have 
and there are some inclusions that retained their mirror polish even after 
it was etched.

I assume these are schreibersite????


Here is a picture of it:

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p298/BobaDebt/Meteorites/SPDronino.jpg



And here is a link to my site that has pictures of my entire collection, the 
"Whole Collection" photo has not been updated but there are individual 
pictures of most of my spheres.

http://home.ec.rr.com/bobadebt/50mil.htm


Let me know what you think :) 




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