Hi Eric: Murchison, as an example, contains, 12% water by weight. All of this in clay minerals. This in not a minor component.
Larry > As I recall Tim Swindle (U of AZ) did noble gas studies of Lafayette > carbonate clays. I doubt you are going to find a big chunk of clay, it > will be a minor portion of the overall stone and may not be decernable by > the naked eye. > > -- > Eric Olson > 610 W. Moore Rd > Tucson AZ 85755 > > http://www.star-bits.com > > <Robert: > > Do you own a CI or a CM? Then you have a meteorite with clay minerals in > it! > > Larry> > >> After reading this article, I have a question: >> Do we have to keep an open mind to the possibility of finding a "clay >> meteorite"? >> -- Bob V. >> >> <http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/news/breakingorbit/2010/10/geminids > -meteor-shower-driven-by-exploding-clays.html> > -- > Eric Olson > 610 W. Moore Rd > Tucson AZ 85755 > > http://www.star-bits.com > > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
