[meteorite-list] One more asteroid type which might shake an old meteorite axom: G-type
MEM
mstreman53 at yahoo.com
Thu Apr 7 22:51:40 EDT 2011
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-type_asteroid>
This includes 1 Ceres and the significance is that the spectral absorption
suggests a composition including clays and phylosilicates--aka "micas". These
mineral classes require free water somewhere in their formation, by the way .
So the old axiom that "mica" is never found in meteorites might need this
potential exception to be taken into consideration next time a candidate
specimen is summarily discarded owing to mica cointent.
Elton
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