Hi Bernd & Ruben,

The problem with a Ureilite is that I believe metallic iron/nickel is in relatively small amounts in them. It usually forms small veinlets around the grains and are the first thing to weather away (low nickel content) and often lost in slicing too. Because of this only VERY fresh Ureilites generally have these.

http://www.meteorites.com.au/features/nwa2705.html

NWA 2624 for comparison:

http://www.meteorites.com.au/features/nwa2624.html

Cheers,

Jeff



----- Original Message ----- From: <bernd.pa...@paulinet.de>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 9:32 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] A Rare Arizona Meteorite Find


Ruben wrote: Ureilite maybe?

Hi Ruben and List,

Yes, maybe a ureilite like the Hupés' NWA 2624 but where are the triple junctions? You would expect a lot of olivine grains with "sets" of three olivine grains that meet
in triple junctions of 120° (3 x 120° = 360°).

Bernd

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