Hello Walter, Caliche is a deposit and covers the crust. I have removed it from a few meteorites now and have found nice crust underneath. Caliche Is water soluble and therefore is the best way to remove it, just incase anyone wanted to know. : )
Thanks, Tom peregrineflier <>< IMCA 6168 http://www.frontiernet.net/~peregrineflier/Peregrineflier.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Walter Branch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 9:11 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Caliche > Hello Everyone, > > Speaking of Caliche... > > Does the Caliche (form of calcium carbonate) that we sometimes see on desert > meteorites replace the fusion crust that is present or does it form a layer > over the crust? > > -Walter > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
