>> My attention, too, was drawn to the rusting on an >> otherwise beautiful meteorite. Is that what becomes >> of them stranded in such a climate, or are we dealing >> with an extremely weather-challenged rock? > > In southern Germany, it rains, rains, rains. (Thus the > beautiful Black Forest). So weathering is extremely > accelerated.
Furthermore, note that the meteorite has been enclosed in snow for at least a month after it fell. When we searched the area for the fisrt time on May 1, 2002, there were still some people skiing down the slope where the meteorite has now been found! Greetings, Herbert ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
