Re: [meteorite-list] grey fusion crust on a stony?

2010-09-21 Thread Steve Dunklee
mali cher gatch or however it is spelled has a lead grey fc . Cheers Steve On Mon Sep 20th, 2010 11:29 PM EDT Meteorites USA wrote: Hi Mike, Yes... I've have numerous NWA stone meteorites with gray fusion crust. A couple of them were achondrites. Not sure what type of achondrite though. Do

Re: [meteorite-list] grey fusion crust on a stony?

2010-09-21 Thread Michael Murray
Hi Eric, Pat, Martin, Steve D, Jason and any other interested parties on the Met-List I managed to take a half-bad picture of the little grey stone in my earlier post. My excuses for such a bad photo are that it is tiny, so hard to photograph even through the scope. Also lighting is by the

Re: [meteorite-list] grey fusion crust on a stony?

2010-09-21 Thread Dark Matter
Looks quite volcanic to me. Something low in density and from the earth. The iron seems high, but the spectum from basalt to welded tufts can be iron rich. The crust part doesn't look very crusty to me. Other thoughts? Martin On Tuesday, September 21, 2010, Michael Murray

[meteorite-list] grey fusion crust on a stony?

2010-09-20 Thread Michael Murray
Hi List, A question for anyone that wouldn't mind helping me on this...Are there any known grey crusted stony meteorites? I'm talking the grey color of lead almost. And yes, it is a stone, not metal. Mike in CI __ Visit the Archives at

Re: [meteorite-list] grey fusion crust on a stony?

2010-09-20 Thread Michael Murray
Maybe a better description of the grey color of the stony I was asking about would be to say it's the color of ashes. Sorry for the extra post on this. Mike in CO On Sep 20, 2010, at 8:54 PM, Michael Murray wrote: Hi List, A question for anyone that wouldn't mind helping me on this...Are

Re: [meteorite-list] grey fusion crust on a stony?

2010-09-20 Thread Meteorites USA
Hi Mike, Yes... I've have numerous NWA stone meteorites with gray fusion crust. A couple of them were achondrites. Not sure what type of achondrite though. Do you have one? Eric On 9/20/2010 7:54 PM, Michael Murray wrote: Hi List, A question for anyone that wouldn't mind helping me on