[meteorite-list] Stefan's New Find

Jeff Kuyken info at meteorites.com.au
Fri Jan 23 00:33:00 EST 2009


Hi Stefan and all,

I was thinking about this last night and was wondering if anyone knows of a
Carbonaceous chondrite that has ever been classified as a combination? (i.e.
CV/CK or CB/CH etc.)

Or maybe a paper written on the topic?

Cheers,

Jeff



----- Original Message -----
From: "Stefan Ralew" <stefan at meteoriten.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 1:27 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stefan's New Find



> Hello Together,

>

> many thanks for the all the interesting answers to my email. Yes, it could

> be a CK/CV - if I look at Marcins photos of his NWA 4838, the pieces are

> actually very similar, although certainly not the same meteorite. Here are

> the two photos side by side:

> http://www.chladnis-heirs.com/two-cc.jpg

>

> The dark lithology could be a melted version of the light-grey lithology.

> But it is somewhat strange that the dark lithology has apparent more free

> iron metal than the light-grey area. I will of course keep the list

> informed about the final classification. The stone is currently under

> examination by Dr. Ansgar Greshake. Whatever it is, it is simply a strange

> thing, and a great surprise indeed.

>

> Best wishes,

> Stefan

>

>

> www.chladnis-heirs.com

>

>

>

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de>

> To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>

> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 10:59 PM

> Subject: [english 90%] [meteorite-list] Stefan's New Find

>

>

>> Hello Fred, Stefan and List,

>>

>> "The darker side looks like a CV3, but the fair grey one?"

>>

>> The uncut main mass: http://www.chladnis-heirs.com/carb-ungesch.jpg

>> The cut surface: http://www.chladnis-heirs.com/carb.jpg

>>

>> Ever since Stefan first showed me this unique specimen in November 2008,

>> I've been wondering and brooding what this might be. My very first idea

>> was

>> that this might be a CK-like chondrite, then I thought it might also be

>> some

>> kind of E-chondrite and from there, it was just another (hypothetical)

>> hop

>> to the assumption that this could be a Kakangari-like chondrite (???)

>>

>> What do you think?

>>

>> Bernd

>>

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