List, Could someone explain the meaning of the numbers in parenthesis? (n=7) and (n=11) is the analysis below?
Thanks in advance. Mike Fowler > NOVA 010 > > W2 S3, olivine Fa 14.4 ±0.5 (n=7); low-Ca pyroxene Fs13.7 ±0.6, Wo0.6 ±0.3 > (n=11) > List: > > Last year I purchased a meteorite at a rock and mineral show a because it > just looked a little different from most chondrites I have seen. The seller > did not know where it was found so I got the provisional name NOVA 010. The > exterior almost looked like an Iron or a Stony-Iron and it contained a lot of > metal. The metal also looked a little different - more globular then most > H-chondrites I've seen. I thought it might be a CH or an EH chondrite. Well > I got it classified and it turned out to be a "reduced H4" with numbers very > similar to the "Burnwell" fall in KY., although it's even more reduced. > > NOVA 010 > > W2 S3, olivine Fa 14.4 ±0.5 (n=7); low-Ca pyroxene Fs13.7 ±0.6, Wo0.6 ±0.3 > (n=11) > > > Now here's Burnwell > > W0(fall) S3, olivine Fa 15.8 ±0.2 (n=79); low-Ca pyroxene Fs13.4 ±0.7, Wo0.7 > ±0.2 (n=98) > > So you never know what you have until it gets classified. > > Greg S. ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
