[meteorite-list] Green spot in chondrite

[Rob McCafferty]

Wow. Very interesting. I have no idea but memories of the microscope scene in "the Satan Bug" spring to mind.


--- On Sun, 2/1/09, bernd.pauli at paulinet.de <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de> wrote:

> From: bernd.pauli at paulinet.de <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Green spot in chondrite
> To: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Sunday, February 1, 2009, 8:02 PM
> Hello Rob and List,
> 
> http://home.planet.nl/~rlenssen/green_spot_in_chondrite.jpg
>  
> "Can anybody explain to me what I am seeing
> here?"
> 
> This may be a magnesium-rich orthopyroxene crystal =>
> hypersthene (Mg,Fe)SiO3
> 
> What do others think?
> 
> Best,
> 
> Bernd
> 
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