That may well be, there is no substitute to holding a piece in your hands to see it best. There are many oriented meteorites which exhibit the thick frothy crust on the backside, and many pieces have broken fragments re-solidified into the crust, so this must be one of them. Michael Farmer --- Pat Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi All, > > I bought a slice of this meteorite from Marcin at > Tucson. While I am not a professional meteoriticist, > I > am an engineer heavily involved with failure > analysis, > use of microscopes and a trained observer. To my eye > these are most definitely small bits of this > meteorite > fractured off of the parent body during transit of > the > atmosphere and incorporated in the fusion crust, > likely on the back side of the meteorite. I had to > have this slice the minute that ET pointed out to me > this interesting feature! Thanks to ET for the heads > up and thanks to Marcin for doing an excellent job > of > slicing and polishing this meteorite and offering it > for sale. > > Pat > --- Darren Garrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 22:05:51 -0700, you wrote: > > > > >Michael, Darren, Jim and list, > > > > > >I agree with Jim on this. My slice of the same > > stone has fragments set in a > > >clearly bubbly melt. I suggest that this > > accumulated on the back side of > > >the stone during oriented flight. Check out my > > pictures: > > > > > > >http://www.johnkashuba.com/Pages/Meteorite%20Pages/Pictures/NWA2826LL5.htm > > > > This photo does look pretty convincing-- the > > triangular fragment in the melt > > looks like like a close match to the bigger mass: > > > > > http://www.johnkashuba.com/Images/Meteorite%20Pages/Pictures/[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 > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
