[meteorite-list] NWA 4677 - Fred's New Anomalous Eucrite

[Peter Marmet]

Hello Bernd and All,

this is my 7.35 g full slice of Dhofar 007:

http://www.marmet-meteorites.com/id4.html

Peter


bernd.pauli at paulinet.d wrote:

> Hello Eucrite Lovers and List,
>
> http://meteoriteshow.free.fr/meteoriteshow%20fra/pages%20navigation/ 
> pieces_en_vente-fra.htm
>
> http://meteoriteshow.free.fr/meteoriteshow%20angl/pages% 
> 20meteorites/NWA4677-classif.pdf
>
> Well, most slices of Fred's anomalous eucrite have been sold! I  
> wonder if
> anyone of those collectors who bought this material from Fred (I am  
> one
> of them - I purchased slices #008 and #014) thinks it is not only  
> "similar"
> to Dhofar 007 (as will be reported in a future issue of the  
> Met.Bull.) but
> that it *is* Dhofar 007.
>
> I don't think so because the matrix of NWA 4677 seems to be a  
> different color
> and the plagioclase patches are "huge" (relatively speaking)  
> especially in slice
> #14 (that's what prompted me to buy it!). Furthermore, there are  
> those large
> "clasts" of comminuted material in Fred's anomalous eucrite - they  
> are very
> prominent in most slices and I don't remember seeing them this  
> distinctly in
> Dhofar 007.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Bernd
>
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