[meteorite-list] Any one find any "Space Pearls"? Observations wanted. Micrographs to send!

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Hi List.  I have started to call them "Space Pearls"  You have to  open a lot 
of meteorites to find them.  

What I am talking about is  a unique crystal structure in a small round 
chondrule/inclusion.  These  objects stand out from the matrix as very different 
and I have found them in  very different meteorite material.  The first one I 
found was in a slice of  JaH 055, a photo of that one was published in Meteorite 
Magazine.  Since  then I have only found partial or not completely developed 
(apparently)  examples. Yesterday I found an other one.  These are not common. 
 I  have cut, polished and examined hundreds of meteorites and I am only up 
to 2  good examples.

Perhaps some others have come on to these objects as  well?  Always much 
smaller than a chondrule.  Hardly visible with out  magnification and no features 
can be seen so spotting them would require  microscope viewing. 

Please email me and I will send an email with  embedded micrographs (nothing 
to download separately).  I am eager to hear  observations of what these are 
and if you have noticed them before. 
 
Thanks,  Tom Phillips
 



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