[meteorite-list] Is the "Perfect Chondrule" Carbonaceous?

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Hi list,  I don't think publicly guessing  at a classification is productive 
as it tends to impact peoples understandings  and collections in a more 
permanent way than the later corrections.    However, I need to address this to who 
ever might be interested.

I have  about 35 Kg. of material that has been nick named "Perfect Chondrule" 
because of  some of the cool chondrule micrographs I had taken of it.

Recently, Matt  sent me this email. (There were others as well)



"Hi Tom,

I  see that Steve Arnold (Chicago) is selling the 'perfect chondrule' stones  
you
sold him (  
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=290177496876
).  Do you still have some of this material available and if so how much is  
it?

Secondly how much truth is there in his claim that 'PIECES HAVE BEEN  SENT TO
MARC FRIES AND JOHN KASHUBA.BOTH ARE PRETTY SURE THAT THIS IS  PROBABLY A VERY
UNIQUE CO3 CARBENACEOUS  CHONDRITE'?

Thanks,

Matt."


I sold some of the material  to both Steve and John prior to Marc Fries 
requesting a sample for  examination.  Marc has found carbon in the Raman 
Spectrometer testing he  has done and the chances are likely it is carbonaceous.  Marc 
has been very  helpful and I think he is a great guy.  He said these are 
preliminary  observations and should not be considered "Classification".    

John Kashuba has been a great help to me in speeding along  classification.  
He had multiple thin sections produced and sent one to me  for imaging as well 
as hand delivering one to ASU.  (Thank you John!)   John has not publicly 
guessed at what that classification will be.  John is  deliberate and cautious.  
He would not make pronouncements like that.   

This material is still unclassified.

It's cool that Steve said  what he did and he is welcome to sell any thing he 
owns (and I will watch for  what it sells for) but I felt some clarification 
was in order.

Tom  Phillips  




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