Norbert is exactly correct. I regret I neglected to mention this in
the pic of the day description. The tiny vugs have been previously
described on a couple of occasions and to do so again seemed
superfluous. Apologies.
d,
On Feb 24, 2010, at 1:06 PM, Norbert Classen wrote:
Hi Adam, Greg, and All,
I'm no expert when it comes to iron meteorites, but could these
"voids"
represent troilite nodules or other phases which have been weathered
out of
the specimen by the same forces that created the ziggurat
structures? Just
think of the exterior parts of Mundrabilla and its "voids" and
"vugs" which
are also weathered out troilite nodules and no primary features...
Just my two cents,
Norbert
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HI Adam and List,
This is a fascinating specimen. Surely it represents a previously-
unknown
parent body.
While the presence of vugs/vesicles suggests the specimen was not
formed in
a vacuum, maybe there was some gases present during the formation.
For example, suppose a large comet slammed into a predominately-iron
asteroid. Comets contain large volumes of material that can
sublimate, and
maybe during the collision, some of this gaseous material injected
into the
iron body. The heat and/or shock resulting from the collision
provided
inroads for the cometary material by expanding existing fissures or
faults.
Then the intermingled material rapidly cooled, forming the vesicles
we see
now. The massive shock and/or heating would also wipe out the native
widmanstatten pattern present in the iron body, leaving behind an
ataxite-like mass without the typical crystallization
patterns......???
Then this curious mass fell to Earth and experienced weathering/
alteration
to provide the strange external appearance we see now.
Or, to play devil's advocate, perhaps this is a very atypical type of
industrial slag unlike any seen before. Is there any industry
present in the area where this mass was found?
Best regards,
MikeG
On 2/24/10, Adam Hupe <[email protected]> wrote:
Very interesting, what are voids (vesicles) doing in an iron
meteorite? I have only heard of sparse vugs found in one iron before
and thought vesicles would most certainly disqualify an object from
being an iron meteorite. Has cosmic ray exposure testing been done?
It would be interesting to see how long this object has been in
space.
Best Regards,
Adam
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