[meteorite-list] Unclassified NWAs: What's the attraction?

[Jerry]

You gota love em all!!!!!!!!
Jerry Flaherty
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> Tom wrote:

>

> WOW! I can't remain silent.  MOST of us are interested in the  rocks, you

> know the material that came from out of this world. I've heard  it said "

> There is no such thing as an ordinary chondrite" and that applies to all

> rocks from space.

>

>

> NORTON O.R. (2001) Ugly Ducklings of the desert

> (Meteorite Mag., August 2001, Vol. 7-3, pp. 22-23):

>

> None of the meteorites had fusion crusts. Most were severely fractured, 

> some broken

> in pieces along fracture lines allowing for the entrance of terrestrial 

> contaminants. The

> interiors were stained brown from iron oxide. But I kept telling myself 

> that it didn't

> matter their condition. These "ugly ducklings" are, after all, real 

> meteorites...Off they

> went to the thin section maker. When they returned and I had my first look 

> at their

> interiors my "Ho hum, just another Sahara OC" attitude changed.  Like the 

> story of the

> ugly duckling, within the few months of grinding and polishing, a 

> transfiguration had

> taken place. These "ordinary" chondrites were every bit as beautiful and 

> exciting as

> any chondrites I have examined through the years. I was moved by the fact 

> that I was

> the first to peer into the interiors of these asteroid chps. Wonderful 

> discoveries abound

> in these sections. The textural variations are so great that the explorer 

> is guaranteed

> to see structures never before seen by anyone. Herein lies the beauty of 

> these "ugly

> ducklings".

>

>

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