I was so certain this rock was a meteorite, a chondrite! I thought I spotted chondrules with my magnifying glass. I researched on the internet and did the tests experts recommend before submitting a tiny piece to a meteorite specialist. I was so 100% certain! Only to be disappointed by the letter back saying it was probably a meta-volcanic rock. Meta being that it had changed it's properties because of heat. I still think it is a meteorite. It looks so similar to the meteorites on display at Griffith Park Observatory and in this link: http://www.meteorite-pictures.org/Chondrite-Meteorite-Pictures/
Close up using the Zoomy showing sand size spheres all clustered together. I found the rock among ryholite tuff. |
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