[meteorite-list] Tamdakht classification
    Philippe Thomas 
    thomasmeteorites at wanadoo.fr
       
    Sun Feb  1 01:49:27 EST 2009
    
    
  
For those who are interested, I updated my page on Tamdakht and added a Back Scattered Electrons (BSE) image supplied by Albert Jambon.
- We know that it is an H according to:
1) The magnetic susceptibility (= quantity of metal) 
2) the composition of minerals (olivine + pyroxene)
- The metamorphic type 5 (to verify) depends on the degree of equilibration between minerals and (in the second order) of the texture (not only chondrules, but also size of feldspars and metal-sulphide areas). 
Here it is certain that it is neither a type 3 nor a type 6.
A preliminary declaration was sent to the MetSoc, result of the French-Moroccan cooperation.
Best wishes,
Philippe
http://www.meteoritica.com/tamdaght.html
    
    
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