Not really a good focus (try full screen!) but at the end you can see both: slickensides and crust over it on the smaller surface.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVnerr2giL0&feature=youtu.be Reagrds, Sergey On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 5:43 PM, Michael Farmer <m...@meteoriteguy.com> wrote: > Chelyabinsk is an incredible meteorite with so many lithologies and > variations, it is almost unlike any meteorite I have ever seen. You can have > 5 pieces side by side and swear all are from different meteorite falls. Some > pieces are hardly recognizable as meteorites. > Many pieces exhibit amazing slickensides and most of the fragmented pieces > broke along those planes. Don't forget, virtually nothing broke on impact, it > was all in the massive disruptions in flight that created uncountable > fragments and individuals. > The impact-melt material is basically "Cat Mountain" without the metal. The > shock-melt pieces with huge glass veins are breathtaking when sliced. > Most oriented pieces are small, though a couple large ones were found. One > sitting beside me at this moment:) > No meteorite collection will be complete if it lacks Chelyabinsk, especially > "Binsk Berries". > Michael Farmer > > > > > On May 21, 2013, at 10:36 AM, Sergey Vasiliev <vs.petrov...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Jim, >> There is a slickensides there, but very difficult to make a picture of >> it because of reflection. >> Best regards, >> Sergey >> >> On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 5:32 PM, Jim Wooddell >> <jim.woodd...@suddenlink.net> wrote: >>> Hi Sergey, >>> >>> Those are nice pictures. >>> I see the secondary, I do not see slickenside. >>> >>> I decided to take a look at all the samples for sale on Ebay. There is a >>> fellow there selling "slickenside" fragments. Even with those, I say look >>> closer. >>> >>> I imagine you have been very busy! That's a good thing! >>> >>> Cheers! >>> >>> Jim Wooddell >>> >>> >>> >>> On 5/21/2013 8:16 AM, Sergey Vasiliev wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> Look at the two pictures of the same stone. >>>> >>>> This is a fresh broken side with black shock veins on a very light matrix: >>>> - http://sv-meteorites.com/gallery/chelybinsk/02.jpg >>>> >>>> And this side is secondary crust over the shock vein: >>>> - http://sv-meteorites.com/gallery/chelybinsk/01.jpg >>>> >>>> You can find a lot of interesting things in Chelyabinsk ;-) >>>> >>>> All the best, >>>> Sergey >>>> >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> >>> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
