Hello Bernd and List, Thank you very much for your very clear and logical explanation. Not sure why the problem with accessing the photos on yahoo, but here is a link to a different site that should work.
http://my.execpc.com/~eagle1/ Thanks again for sharing your amazing knowledge of meteorites. Best regards, Don Shervey ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 12:13 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Tiny Bubbles in NWA 1817 > Hello Don and List, > > > examining a piece of Mesosiderite NWA 1817...I found > > a small cavity in an inclusion with tiny gas bubbles. > > The inclusion has a fairly dark matrix, but the little > > cavity is filled with a very clear glass like material > > and several bubbles are clearly visible. > > Although your file is momentarily inaccessible, I wouldn't be > too surprised to find such bubbles and glass-like material in > NWA 1817, as it is described as having a "plutonic, igneous > texture" (Met.Bull. 88, 2004). > > This mesosiderite will have crystallized from a molten magma > (igneous) deep down in its asteroidal parent body (plutonic) > and dissolved gases will have caused these bubbles when the > material was transported to the surface by volcanic activity. > > Just a guess ... any comments? > > Best wishes, > > Bernd > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
