I agree, I dont think that it is fusion crust, more likely a brecciated section on the edge of the meteorite. Michael Farmer --- Darren Garrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:58:51 -0400 (EDT), you wrote: > > >Hello Berndt et al., > > > >I thought you and the list members might find > interesting a phenomenon > >that was shown to me by Marcin Cimala. In cutting > an LL5 he found areas > >where thick crust had built up and actually > incorporated within the crust > >small angular fragments of relatively unaltered > meteorite. Here are scans > >of a slice I obtained from Marcin: > > > >http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v614/CaneySprings/NWA2826LL528gmMarcinCimala.jpg > > > >http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v614/CaneySprings/NWA2826LL528gmMarcinCimalacloseup.jpg > > > >I assume that these fragments were dislodged late > in flight while the > >crust was still liquid but too late to be melted or > thermally altered. > > I would think that is just a darker clast in the > rock that happened to be only > on the outer edge of that slice. > ______________________________________________ > 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
