[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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