Tracy, I have seen this before in extremely old weathered pieces, especially in iron meteorite shale, the layering is normal. Mike
--- On Tue, 9/30/08, tracy latimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: tracy latimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Odd layered feature in NWAXXX specimen > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 10:11 PM > I was going through a batch of unclassified NWAXXX rocks and > putting the small ones in mylar baggies for giveaway. One > of the specimens caught my eye; surface features make it > seem to have many thin layers, like slate or shale. It is > attracted to a magnet, so chances are good it really is a > meteorite and not an erratic that got tossed into the > hopper, but I am at a loss as to what might naturally > produce this type of effect. Any ideas? > > Tracy Latimer > > _________________________________________________________________ > Want to do more with Windows Live? Learn “10 hidden > secrets” from Jamie. > http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550F681DAD532637!5295.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_domore_092008 > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
