Thank you Bernd, I have not seen shock veins fill with metal before and don't know if such is a possibility. There are many other, finer threads of metal showing also in this specimen. More shock veins do you think? What mechanism would/could cause such an effect?
Best, Gary On 14 Jan 2007 at 22:25, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > "This is a very old meteorite. It has weathered extensively on the outside > but the interior is still very nice. It has lots of small metal flakes in > a dark matrix with nice chondrules still visible and many very distinct > shock veins." ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
