[meteorite-list] NWA 869 - FYI: an L3-6

[Michael Gilmer]

Hi Bernd and List,

Was the previous classification a L4-6 regolith breccia, or just L4-6?

Thanks for the update on this.  It looks like a lot of us need to
change their labels now.  :)

Best regards,

MikeG

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On 5/27/11, Bernd V. Pauli <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de> wrote:
> Hello Gary and List,
>
> Just a few minutes ago, Gary launched an EBay AD and one of his offerings
> is a 1 kg lot of NWA 869 L4-6. Interestingly, this "ugly duckling", which
> is, in reality, an absolute beauty from the Hot Deserts of Northwest Africa,
> has been reclassified as an L3–6 chondritic regolith breccia by K. Metzler
> et al. in this MAPS article:
>
> Metzler K. et al. (2011) The L3–6 chondritic regolith breccia Northwest
> Africa (NWA) 869: (I) Petrology, chemistry, oxygen isotopes, and Ar-Ar
> age determinations  (MAPS 46-5, 2011, pp. 652-680).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bernd
>
>
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