La matrice noire et blanche de la chondrite de Tieschitz (H3)

Finely divided products, making a black carbonaceous crust, have coated the chondrules in space. After their agglomeration, a white silica and alumina rich deposit has accumulated between them. Crystalline debris that are found outside the chondrules must not be confounded with the black and white products, which are the only constituents of the low-temperature matrix. These debris are broken chondrules but do not necessarily result from shock effects. Many of them are indeed very fragile, because they are very porous: they contain primary cavities (voids in the crystals, druses) and secondary ones because of selective leaching of part of the glass. The chemical elements leached out of the chondrules may have been reconcentrated in the matrix.