Hello Steve, Listoids, These are the terms describing the composition of meteorite breccias not just Eucrites. "Poly" means plural-- or many, and "mono" means single. In a monomict all the clasts are of the same type and class (i.e. Lithologies). Meaning they came from a single parent body. In a polymict it has more than two or more lithologies. Indicating some sort of collision and melding of material from different areas of the same parent or different parents. Technically, in my book, a Howardite, while being a regolith (i.e. asteroidal soil) is also a pollymict breccias.
Elton --- steve arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello and good evening list.I have seen with many > eucrites that there is a polymict type and a > monomict > type.What are the differences? > > > > > > > steve arnold > > Steve R.Arnold,chicago,Ill,Usa!! > Collecting Meteorites since 06/19/1999!! > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail > beta. > http://new.mail.yahoo.com > ______________________________________________ > 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
