Hi MT, Back in July of 2003, I posted a collection of pics of oriented irons known then as Taza in my Accretion Desk article:
http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2003/July/Accretion_Desk.htm I highlighted a couple of fully lipped individuals also wondering how such a feature could form. I believe it was Jim Tobin who suggested that the iron was spinning like a wheel parallel to the direction of travel and the lipping produced a "tire effect" around the surface interior which, as is especially viewable in the specimen I nicknamed "a bowl full of flowlines" seemed to have no directional orientation in the usual way, and in fact, has much in common with the Allende pic you posted. Best, Martin On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 4:00 PM, McCartney Taylor<[email protected]> wrote: > http://outofabluesky.com/images/stories/stoneymeteorites/allende12-7.jpg > > This is an Allende. I'm not sure I understand the orientation signs I see. > > I see a star flow line pattern which indicates this side is windward. But the > lipping on the NW side hints the side is leeward. So I'm a bit confused. > > Any ideas on alternate interpretations? > > -mt > > > > ______________________________________________ > 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
