"mhutson" wrote: > Enstatite chondrites contain a significant amount of metal and are > undifferentiated (roughly solar in composition). Enstatite chondrites > cannot be surface material from any large (planetary) object.
.. that is why Burbine et al. propose this: "If Mercury formed out of highly reduced material, our closest meteoritic analog to Mercury's surface composition would be the aubrites (enstatite achondrites)." Bernd ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
