Re: [meteorite-list] RE: Lodranites in stony-iron ??? - Steinbach pictures

2005-08-12 Thread tett
My guess is a private collection and the number is not a catalogue number but its weight. 4.1 grams. Cheers, tett - Original Message - From: "Norbert Classen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 5:24 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] RE: Lodranit

[meteorite-list] RE: Lodranites in stony-iron ??? - Steinbach pictures

2005-08-12 Thread Norbert Classen
Bernd quoted: MASON B. (1962) Meteorites, p. 125: "The single siderophyre is the Steinbach meteorite (also known as Breitenbach or Rittersgrün), which has been known since 1724. It consists of a network of nickel-iron which encloses granular aggregates of orhopyroxene and minor tridymite, the nic

Re: [meteorite-list] RE: Lodranites in stony-iron ???

2005-08-12 Thread bernd . pauli
Hello Confrère Pierre, Norbert, and List, MASON B. (1962) Meteorites, p. 125: "The single siderophyre is the Steinbach meteorite (also known as Breitenbach or Rittersgrün), which has been known since 1724. It consists of a network of nickel-iron which encloses granular aggregates of orhopyroxene

[meteorite-list] RE: Lodranites in stony-iron ???

2005-08-12 Thread Norbert Classen
Hi Pierre, They (the NIPR) are obviously holding on to an older classification scheme. The lodranites were originally grouped with the stony-irons before their close relationship to the acapulcoites and the PACs were revealed through modern research (such as O-isotopic studies, etc.). The sideroph