Mike wrote: We should also understand "cumulate". Noncumulate eucrites: have crystallized from basaltic melts on the s u r f a c e of the HED parent body. Millbillillie is such a non- cumulate eucrite.
Cumulate eucrites (O.R. Norton, Encyclopedia, Glossary, p. 342): An igneous rock made up of relatively large crystals that settled out of a magma by gravity and accumulated on the *floor of a magma chamber*. Best wishes, Bernd ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
