[meteorite-list] AL HAGGOUNIA 001 ("NOT" AUBRITE)

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Hi List,  I am not qualified to take sides  in this debate (It never works 
out well for me) but I have made some  observations on the meteorite in question.

I have about 100Kg of the  stuff.  I bought it before any one knew how much 
was really out there (bad  call).  I cut a rather large amount and sent some 
unusual oddities such as  huge apparent chondrules to ASU to add to the 
observations while it was still  being debated.   

I am not trained to classify but my hobby is  meteorite micrographs.  I have 
spent hours cutting, polishing and examining  this material, both the brown 
phase and the blue.  I know it comes from the  same place but it seems to me 
there are structural differences such as chondrule  abundance and grain size 
between the blue and brown phases.

Is it  possible this meteorite was a breccia before it was fossilized?  Could 
 there actually be two materials?

Don't take me wrong, this is just a  question and I am not trying to claim 
any special insight. 

I have some  cool micrographs of NWA 2965 EL3 on my Gallery hosted by 
Meteorite Times.   

http://www.meteorite.com/meteorite-gallery/

Tom Phillips  




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