[meteorite-list] OLDESTR IGNEOUS METEORITE

[Sterling K. Webb]

List,

"Oldest-ever igneous 
meteorite contains 
clues to planet building 
blocks:"
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180806095218.htm

"NWA 11119 is the oldest-ever 
igneous meteorite recorded at 
4.565 billion years... "The age of 
this meteorite is the oldest, 
igneous meteorite ever recorded," 
said Professor and Director of the 
Institute of Meteoritics Carl Agee. 
"Not only is this just an extremely 
unusual rock type, it's telling us 
that not all asteroids look the 
same. Some of them look almost 
like the crust of the Earth because 
they're so light colored and full of 
SiO2. These not only exist, but it 
occurred during one of the very 
first volcanic events to take place 
in the solar system."

There's a good picture of 
this very odd item in the 
article.


Sterling Webb