[meteorite-list] Sutter's Mill BSE - two more

michael cottingham mikewren at gilanet.com
Fri May 25 21:06:04 EDT 2012


My guess is a CR1

Michael
On May 25, 2012, at 7:04 PM, Richard Montgomery wrote:

> Carl and List,
> 
> I'm struck by the chondrule variation...can't wait to see a TS (hi Anne!)....so it's time to ask about the rabbit hole:
> 
> As I mentioned I'm just guessing here....not a CM2, due to chondrules actually so present, right? Not a CM3 either (if there ever is such a thing) due to the rim alterations and aqueous stuff; dark matrix like a CM, yet more crowded chondrules; complete CaO crystals; lacking so far of seeing any CAIs....what's your guess at this point??
> 
> Next Halloween I can dress up as a petrologist scientist....but won't fool anyone.  Fun to speculate, though.
> 
> Richard M
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl Agee" <agee at unm.edu>
> To: "meteoritelist meteoritelist" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; "Jeff Grossman" <jngrossman at gmail.com>
> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 2:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Sutter's Mill BSE - two more
> 
> 
>> Jeff,
>> 
>> You mean the area in the SW quadrant? It's permeated with the bright
>> material? It could be sulfide, but I didn't get a chance to EDS or
>> probe it yesterday. It's all somewhat bewildering, there is so much
>> look at, so I am starting with the simple stuff that give good
>> microprobe totals -- haha!. Beware of this meteorite! Like going down
>> the rabbit hole....
>> 
>> Carl
>> 
>> 
>> -----------------------------------------
>> Carl,
>> 
>> What's the difference between the two lithologies visible in the first
>> of these two photos?
>> 
>> Jeff
>> 
>> On 5/25/2012 2:19 PM, Carl Agee wrote:
>> 
>>> http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4042491099560&set=a.1076549432872.2012978.1200325441&type=1&ref=nf
>> 
>>> http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4042494859654&set=a.1076549432872.2012978.1200325441&type=1&ref=nf
>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
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>> Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences
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>> University of New Mexico
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>> 
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