[meteorite-list] Weird inclusion in NWA 2086 CV3

[bernd.pauli at paulinet.de]

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj24/Meteoritethrower/2086-inclusion.jpg

Hello All,

Michael G. wrote:

"So I am thinking that there must have been a surface fracture that extended down into
the interior of the stone. Weathering products intruded through this crack and the brown
'inclusion' is probably just a clay-like replacement mineral."

"clay-like" => phyllosilicates are clay minerals!

.. and *if* it is preterrestrial, this might be an extended
area of phyllosilicates, saponite, smectite or something!

Cheers,

Bernd