Defiantly water, coefficient of expansion liquid to solid >10%. Regards, Fred Olsen
-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi List > > Been busy fixing up new and old houses for a move and sale so my getting > around to reading the times got put on a back burner til now. > > Jim Tobin wrote a great article about unclassified meteorites and what some > have gone through. His comments on freeze-thaw are close to the mark I'd > venture, but it's not water is my guess that is causing them to crack. > Rather, I suspect is those veins of impact or heat created substances which > expand at a different rate than the host matrix from which they evolved. It > does get down to freezing temps at night in the barren wastes which have > little to hold daytime heat in. > > What's others think about this and has anyone studied this? > > Mark Ferguson > > ______________________________________________ > 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
