actually, glassy is the same in both and refers to the surface as it appears to the eye ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darren Garrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Matthias Bärmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 2:26 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Irons DON'T form Fusion Crust's - yes they DO
> On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 20:17:25 +0100, you wrote: > >>But it doesn't hit the point regarding meteorites. "Glassy" evokes the >>impression of something shiny, very smooth, mirror-like. But as we all now > > But the "laymen" use of the term isn't the scientific one. "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. > ______________________________________________ > 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
