no, actually, it's not. amorphous or crytocrystaline, it would still be a "glass" if it was composed of silicates.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary K. Foote" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 2:34 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Irons DON'T form Fusion Crust's - yes they DO > On 7 Jan 2007 at 14:26, Darren Garrison wrote: > >> "Glassy" means >> something that cooled quickly enough that it didn't have time to >> crystalize and is instead, on the atomic level, an amorphous mess. > > I think this is a stretch of the term 'glassy'. Unless there is somewhere > a reference to > this meaning that I am not aware of? > > Yet, I still come down on this side of 'Irons DO have fusion crusts' I > don't think this > statement supports it. > > Gary > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ______________________________________________ > 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
