[meteorite-list] Question, Thin sections

[Dave Myers]

Hi Anne,

Thank you so much for the links! 
   
The article you written is outstanding! about the microprob lab. I have been 
searching for a article like that for a long time. And cannot wait to go through 
all your thin section photos you have for sale! I looked at a few photos and 
they are super nice!

Thanks again!

dave




 


----- Original Message ----
From: "Impactika at aol.com" <Impactika at aol.com>
To: whitefalcons007 at yahoo.com; Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Tue, November 23, 2010 4:43:57 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Question, Thin sections

Hello Dave,

Interesting question.
I am not a scientist, but because I sell a lot of thin-sections, I deal 
with many scientists, and very often, and I am told that Tom's pictures are 
very pretty but often at a much too high a magnification, so crystallization 
patterns, among others things, become difficult to see.

I would suggest that you compare with the pictures, taken by John Kashuba, 
on my website:  _http://www.impactika.com/TSlist.htm_ 
(http://www.impactika.com/TSlist.htm)  (click on any Ref# highlighted in 
yellow).
And see for yourself if you can recognize chondrules of various types, and 
other crystals.

You could also read the "Micro-visions" articles in Meteorite-Times and the 
Centerpiece in Meteorite Magazine. And if you want to know how a microprobe 
functions, and what information you get out of it, then read the article I 
wrote for the IMCA news 
letter:http://imca.cc/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=185  

I hope this helps.

Anne M. Black
_http://www.impactika.com/_ (http://www.impactika.com/) 
_IMPACTIKA at aol.com_ (mailto:IMPACTIKA at aol.com) 
President, I.M.C.A. Inc.
_http://www.imca.cc/_ (http://www.imca.cc/) 


In a message dated 11/23/2010 2:21:23 PM Mountain Standard Time, 
whitefalcons007 at yahoo.com writes:
Hi List, 

I list I have a question about thinn section photos, Like the great photos 
Top 
Phillips takes.

Those  who study meteorite or classify them, Can they tell just by looking 
at 
the photos, if
the thenn section is from a meteorite?? Can they tell if it is a Lunar or 
Martian meteorite from the thinn section photo??  Or do they need the  
thinn 
section in hand to put through a type of spectrometor??

And is that even enough to tell, or does all the other testing have to be 
done 
to tell if it is a meteorite, is a Lunar or martian.

Thanks for any info.

dave