Ron asked: >I see some Meteorites for sale, especially the >Willamette Meteorite, listed as Meteorite Shale. >What exactly is Meteorite Shale?
It is a term used for a highly weathered (terrestrialized) meteorite. The use of “shale”, I suspect, came from the tendency of some highly weathered meteorites, specifically highly oxidized iron meteorites to develope a layered structure as they weather and break into subparallel / parallel layers like shale when broken. The terms “shale balls” and “iron shale” is also used for some highly weathered meteorites. When Meteorites Get Old http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2005/January/Meteorite_of_Month.htm Yours, Paul H. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
