[meteorite-list] Having fun with an IMB and the Neophot
cdtucson at cox.net
cdtucson at cox.net
Wed Apr 21 14:46:48 EDT 2010
Tom,
Once again. Fantastic.
That first set looks like a micro-mini Pallesite. Very interesting because had we never seen true pallesites we would wonder if these micro-minis scale up or only exist in micro-mini scale. I guess they do now that you have shown us the mico-mini version? Tom, this is a real treat. Thanks Carl
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Carl or Debbie Esparza
Meteoritemax
---- Starsinthedirt at aol.com wrote:
> Hi list, It has been a while since I have written an article for
> Meteorite Times (John is doing a great job with Micro Visions!). Paul still hosts
> my micrograph gallery. I think it is officially hosted by The Meteorite
> Exchange and Meteorite Times.
>
> Anyway, we just got up a cool addition. It is a set of micrographs taken
> in reflected light of an unclassified IMB. There really are some
> interesting images. Iron flecks floating in melt glass, desert varnish like you
> have never thought it could look like and a metal sulfide structure that
> resembles a barred chondrule (quite unlike any thing I have seen before).
>
> The link is: http://www.meteorite.com/meteorite-gallery/articles/nwa-imb/
>
> Also, if you have not looked at the JaH 073 set I recently posted, it is
> also in high mag reflected light.
>
> Trust me, these images are unlike the cross polarized light pass through
> thin section images most common to the meteorite world. This technique
> gives a look at what the material actually looks like way up close.
>
> Thanks for looking and please let me know what you think.
>
> Tom Phillips
>
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