[meteorite-list] Near pure Olivine Meteorite

[Carl Agee]

Hi Jim,

Nature abhors "pure" anything. Chassignites are martian dunites.

Carl
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On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 5:05 PM, Jim Wooddell
<jim.wooddell at suddenlink.net> wrote:
> So, we find pallasites, we find irons, we find chondrites.  And, with the
> pallasites some are loaded with a lot of olivine.  So anyone have any
> scientific ideas why we don't find near pure olivine meteorites?  Or do we??
>
> For the sake of conversation...
>
> Jim
>
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> Jim Wooddell
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