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[meteorite-list] POP QUIZ ANSWER

Hello Listers   I would like to thank everyone that submitted their answers for this weeks POP QUIZ FRIDAYS.   Question   In what year were chondrules first discovered in aerolites aka meteorites?   Answer   1799   I am sorry but no one got the question right. But all hope is not lost cause

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Shawn wrote, refering to the application of the word chondrule: But I would like to add it wasnt till 1869 that the word chondrules was coined by Gustav Rose. This is an error, Shawn. It was alledgedly 1863. And in 1864, we had the first observation by a scientist of a chondrule, who

[meteorite-list] POP QUIZ ANSWER

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Re: In what year were chondrules first discovered in aerolites aka meteorites? Hi Shawn, Shyawn, you clearly didn't understand what I was sayingt, so I'll be a bit clearer: - Firstly, you left out the most important sentence in Williams' description, because you are quoting third or

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