[meteorite-list] Primitive Aubrite->EL6/7->EL3

Michael Farmer meteoriteguy at yahoo.com
Thu Jan 4 11:52:01 EST 2007


Yes, that is the exact simple breakdown. I used the
El6/7 classification, because that is what is still in
the meteoritical bulletin. 
They are now all lumped into EL3 meteorites now
though.
Mike
--- pkmorgan at ctcweb.net wrote:

> Please forgive me for not referencing actual NWA
> numbers but...
> 
> After scanning some material, my take is that at
> various times this
> material has been proposed to be (if not actually
> classified as) a
> primitive aubrite, then an EL6/7 and then after some
> sparsely distributed
> chondrules were found, eventually an EL3.
> 
> Am I even close?
> 
> If so, were these actual classifications or papers? 
> If any material was
> classified along the way (and not formally paired),
> I suppose it is what
> it is, but should really be revisited for pairing
> and reclassification?
> 
> I'm interested in the facts, not the arguments so if
> someone could distill
> how pairings and changing classifications work, I'd
> appreciate it.
> 
> Oh, and is Mike's material then an EL6/7 or is it
> paired to the EL3 material?
> 
> Thanks and Regards,
> Phil
> 
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