[meteorite-list] NWA 4677 - Fred's New Anomalous Eucrite

[Peter Marmet]

Hello Bernd and All,

this is my 7.35 g full slice of Dhofar 007:

http://www.marmet-meteorites.com/id4.html

Peter


bernd.pauli at paulinet.d wrote:


> Hello Eucrite Lovers and List,

>

> http://meteoriteshow.free.fr/meteoriteshow%20fra/pages%20navigation/ 

> pieces_en_vente-fra.htm

>

> http://meteoriteshow.free.fr/meteoriteshow%20angl/pages% 

> 20meteorites/NWA4677-classif.pdf

>

> Well, most slices of Fred's anomalous eucrite have been sold! I  

> wonder if

> anyone of those collectors who bought this material from Fred (I am  

> one

> of them - I purchased slices #008 and #014) thinks it is not only  

> "similar"

> to Dhofar 007 (as will be reported in a future issue of the  

> Met.Bull.) but

> that it *is* Dhofar 007.

>

> I don't think so because the matrix of NWA 4677 seems to be a  

> different color

> and the plagioclase patches are "huge" (relatively speaking)  

> especially in slice

> #14 (that's what prompted me to buy it!). Furthermore, there are  

> those large

> "clasts" of comminuted material in Fred's anomalous eucrite - they  

> are very

> prominent in most slices and I don't remember seeing them this  

> distinctly in

> Dhofar 007.

>

> Best wishes,

>

> Bernd

>

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