[meteorite-list] The hunt for green crystals in Udei Station

Hi Herman and List, "I have a 200g chunk of Udei Station...with green (diopside possibly) inclusions." Wow, 200 grams!!! Well, call it diopside, call it augite, it is a calcic clinopyroxene, and sooo beautiful! Diopside = CaMgSi2O6 Augite = (Ca,Mg,Fe2+, Fe3+,Al)2(Si,Al)2O6 Best, Bernd ___

[meteorite-list] The hunt for green crystals in Udei Station

Hello Mike ,peter and list; I have a 200g chunk of udei station that is eat up with green ( diopside possibly ) inclusions.There is also some on the outside,one looks like an actual faceted crystal,to me anyway. I have also found green inclusions in campo del cielo silicated iron slices.

[meteorite-list] The hunt for green crystals in Udei Station

Hi Mike, Peter and List, Peter writes: "I found a similar - about 2 mm wide - green inclusion in a slice of my Steinbach meteorite" Mike T. writes: "Anyone else out there with a scope and some Udei Station may want to hunt for these little gems" These emerald green gems are pyroxene crystal

Re: [meteorite-list] The hunt for green crystals in Udei Station

Hi Mike and All, that's very interesting! I found a similar - about 2 mm wide - green inclusion in a slice of my Steinbach meteorite. See here (scroll down to: Germany, Steinbach, 2nd slice: http://www.marmet-meteorites.com/id3.html Further infos highly appreciated:-) Peter Marmet 2008/1

[meteorite-list] The hunt for green crystals in Udei Station

List, While searching various web sites I stumbled across some nice images of green crystals (Olivine?) found in various cut faces of Udei Station. These crystals are a deep emerald green and very striking. So, I thought I would look and my slice and after a few minutes of searching found a