Ron Baalke informed us: > "The crystals formed after the hot > meteor landed and later cooled."
Curious Bob Verish responded: > Have any idea where Kelly Young (the author of > this article) got that tidbit of MISINFORMATION? Hi Ron, Bob, and List, Another, equally confusing piece of information is this one: > They want to study this meteorite because the crystals > formed naturally during a long exposure to space. and, of course, that expression: > The crystals formed after the hot > m e t e o r landed and later cooled. Bob further questioned: > take another look at the meteorite in the > image. Looks more like a basalt than an iron. > Any chance that they used the wrong image? > <http://www.floridatoday.com/news/space/images/2002b/101702meteorite.jpg> Well, this could well be a genuine piece of Mundrabilla because you can easily recognize the troilite "islands". Best regards, Bernd ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

