Re: [meteorite-list] Oddball 'Crystal' Survived Crash to Earth Inside Meteorite
The news article is misinterpreting statements and adding their own opinion. At no point in the original press release or the original Nature article (http://www.nature.com/srep/2015/150313/srep09111/full/srep09111.html) did they suggest that there were questions about it surviving a fall to Earth. Also, there is no mention of shocked quartz, only stishovite. I don't know if stishovite should be interpreted as shocked quartz... - Yinan On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 7:28 PM, Graham Ensor via Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com wrote: Can't see their logic that they are unlikely to survive because the meteorites heat up insidewe all know that they don't? Graham On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 10:13 PM, Shawn Alan via Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com wrote: Hello Listers Let hope some fossils will survive from Mars :) Enjoy! Shawn Alan IMCA 1633 ebay store http://www.ebay.com/sch/imca1633ny/m.html Website http://meteoritefalls.com Oddball 'Crystal' Survived Crash to Earth Inside Meteorite by Elizabeth Howell, Live Science Contributor | March 18, 2015 07:53am ET A bizarre crystal-like mineral recently found in a meteorite that crashed to Earth perhaps 15,000 years ago adds more support for the idea that the fragile structure can survive in nature. But how it formed at the beginnings of the solar system is still a mystery. The newfound mineral is called a quasicrystal because it resembles a crystal, but the atoms are not arranged as regularly as they are in real crystals. The quasicrystal hitched a ride to Earth on a meteorite that zipped from space through Earth's atmosphere and crashed to the ground. That process is generally a violent one that heats up the insides of rocks, making the delicate quasicrystal's survival a surprise. The difference between crystals and quasicrystals can be visualized by imagining a tiled floor, said according to a statement by Princeton University in a press release. Tiles that are six-sided hexagons can fit neatly against each other to cover the entire floor. But five-sided pentagons or 10-sided decagons laid next to each will result in gaps between tiles. Source: http://www.livescience.com/50167-quasicrystal-survived-meteorite-crash.html __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Oddball 'Crystal' Survived Crash to Earth Inside Meteorite
Here is another story about this discovery: https://www.quantamagazine.org/20140613-quasicrystal-meteorite-poses-age-old -questions/ I want to know more about the meteorite, a carbonaceous chondrite with shocked quartz. It sounds like a unique rock. Thanks, Peter -Original Message- From: Meteorite-list [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Shawn Alan via Meteorite-list Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 6:13 PM To: Meteorite Central Subject: [meteorite-list] Oddball 'Crystal' Survived Crash to Earth Inside Meteorite Hello Listers Let hope some fossils will survive from Mars :) Enjoy! Shawn Alan IMCA 1633 ebay store http://www.ebay.com/sch/imca1633ny/m.html Website http://meteoritefalls.com Oddball 'Crystal' Survived Crash to Earth Inside Meteorite by Elizabeth Howell, Live Science Contributor | March 18, 2015 07:53am ET A bizarre crystal-like mineral recently found in a meteorite that crashed to Earth perhaps 15,000 years ago adds more support for the idea that the fragile structure can survive in nature. But how it formed at the beginnings of the solar system is still a mystery. The newfound mineral is called a quasicrystal because it resembles a crystal, but the atoms are not arranged as regularly as they are in real crystals. The quasicrystal hitched a ride to Earth on a meteorite that zipped from space through Earth's atmosphere and crashed to the ground. That process is generally a violent one that heats up the insides of rocks, making the delicate quasicrystal's survival a surprise. The difference between crystals and quasicrystals can be visualized by imagining a tiled floor, said according to a statement by Princeton University in a press release. Tiles that are six-sided hexagons can fit neatly against each other to cover the entire floor. But five-sided pentagons or 10-sided decagons laid next to each will result in gaps between tiles. Source: http://www.livescience.com/50167-quasicrystal-survived-meteorite-crash.htm l __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Oddball 'Crystal' Survived Crash to Earth Inside Meteorite
Can't see their logic that they are unlikely to survive because the meteorites heat up insidewe all know that they don't? Graham On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 10:13 PM, Shawn Alan via Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com wrote: Hello Listers Let hope some fossils will survive from Mars :) Enjoy! Shawn Alan IMCA 1633 ebay store http://www.ebay.com/sch/imca1633ny/m.html Website http://meteoritefalls.com Oddball 'Crystal' Survived Crash to Earth Inside Meteorite by Elizabeth Howell, Live Science Contributor | March 18, 2015 07:53am ET A bizarre crystal-like mineral recently found in a meteorite that crashed to Earth perhaps 15,000 years ago adds more support for the idea that the fragile structure can survive in nature. But how it formed at the beginnings of the solar system is still a mystery. The newfound mineral is called a quasicrystal because it resembles a crystal, but the atoms are not arranged as regularly as they are in real crystals. The quasicrystal hitched a ride to Earth on a meteorite that zipped from space through Earth's atmosphere and crashed to the ground. That process is generally a violent one that heats up the insides of rocks, making the delicate quasicrystal's survival a surprise. The difference between crystals and quasicrystals can be visualized by imagining a tiled floor, said according to a statement by Princeton University in a press release. Tiles that are six-sided hexagons can fit neatly against each other to cover the entire floor. But five-sided pentagons or 10-sided decagons laid next to each will result in gaps between tiles. Source: http://www.livescience.com/50167-quasicrystal-survived-meteorite-crash.html __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Oddball 'Crystal' Survived Crash to Earth Inside Meteorite
Hello Listers Let hope some fossils will survive from Mars :) Enjoy! Shawn Alan IMCA 1633 ebay store http://www.ebay.com/sch/imca1633ny/m.html Website http://meteoritefalls.com Oddball 'Crystal' Survived Crash to Earth Inside Meteorite by Elizabeth Howell, Live Science Contributor | March 18, 2015 07:53am ET A bizarre crystal-like mineral recently found in a meteorite that crashed to Earth perhaps 15,000 years ago adds more support for the idea that the fragile structure can survive in nature. But how it formed at the beginnings of the solar system is still a mystery. The newfound mineral is called a quasicrystal because it resembles a crystal, but the atoms are not arranged as regularly as they are in real crystals. The quasicrystal hitched a ride to Earth on a meteorite that zipped from space through Earth's atmosphere and crashed to the ground. That process is generally a violent one that heats up the insides of rocks, making the delicate quasicrystal's survival a surprise. The difference between crystals and quasicrystals can be visualized by imagining a tiled floor, said according to a statement by Princeton University in a press release. Tiles that are six-sided hexagons can fit neatly against each other to cover the entire floor. But five-sided pentagons or 10-sided decagons laid next to each will result in gaps between tiles. Source: http://www.livescience.com/50167-quasicrystal-survived-meteorite-crash.html __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
