BCC9701 is an extremely rare meteorite type as yet unclassified but we are working on a new class type.

   This meteorite has been analytically tested and provides some clues as to the laboratory like conditions present in extra terrestrial bodies. The sample main mass is very weathered and has a small remnant fusion crust on the tip. We detected a crystalline structure that is not found naturally occurring on the surface of the earth. This compound is a high Tc ceramic, is commercially available as a super conducting ceramic (powders), and is composed of LaSrCoO. The sample contains abundant transitional metallic oxides and is highly magnetic. The most interesting apsect of this sample is it contains incredible micro-droplet, crystalline interior  structures. From close examination these micro-droplets appear to have been deposited in a manner analagous to chemcial and physical vapor deposition techniques in a vacuum chamber clean room. See thin section below. We think this sample and its similar relatives in our collection is going to play an important role as a stepping stone to the post stellar to pre planetary body formation. A missing link if you will between BCC0001 (stellar grains) and terrestrial planets and asteroids.

  
     The difference in color in the meteorite photo above and below is related to analog SLR photography above and  digital in daylight below.
     The fragment below left photo was used for whole sample XRD.

      Above we see the part slice scanned on a color scanner and used for the sample thin section production. At right we see the thin section and visible are the sub-mm and micrometer level dust particles and grains. Also viewable are some opaque oxide fragments.
    We think we are on the verge of resolving how this sample can appear as an igneous sample in the interior and upon polishing and slicing,  but appear as a layered microsediment at the exterior of the sample. We believe the sample is composed of abundant plagioclase and high calcium, magnesium, silicon and transitional metal microdroplets produced in a stellar environment. The subsequent adhering and bonding of the micro-particles in a very high temperature and pressure environment produces what appears to be an igneous sample. The weathering and subsequent break down of the extremely tightly bound microdroplets in our terrestrial environment creates a pattern consistent with larger ions and cations releasing their energy and lining up in a manner to allow room for expansion and breakdown. Consequently the sodium and potassium will take up the larger ion space (white band) and magnesium, iron and calcium are accommodated in the dark banded region.

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