Hi Walter,
A non-scientist chiming in. A while back we had this discussion when someone
was promoting their material and used this as a possible selling point. I
believe in the end based on sited scientific papers it was mostly agreed
there is not any real proof of the angrite material coming from Mercury.
I have included some reference material for your and other list member's
reading by scientists on this subject.
Here:
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20070021589_2007019150.pdf
and
here: http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1995Metic..30..269L .
Here is another list post:
http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2010-July/066945.html on
this subject.
--AL Mitterling
Mitterling Meteorites
----- Original Message -----
From: "Walter Branch" <waltbra...@bellsouth.net>
To: <Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 8:54 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteoritists: Do Angrites Originate from Mercury?
Hello Everyone,
As the subject line indicates, I would like to know what the scientists on
the list think about the idea that the Angrites parent planet is the
planet Mercury. I would really like to know their opinion. Yes. No.
Maybe?
And why or why not? Characteristics of magnetism, oxygen isotopic ratios,
density, chemical composition? What have you.
What are the data to support your conclusion?
I would very much like to hear from scientists who have actually handled
this material. Not non-scientists (such as myself), scientist wannabes,
scientists spokespeople, name droppers, etc. Just scientists.
Thanks,
-Walter Branch
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