Re: [meteorite-list] Oriented chondrules?

2005-03-08 Thread Graham Christensen
Hi Darren Chondritic meteorites come from asteroids that aren't quite large enough to have completely melted, but usually still large enough to cause some thermal alteration. The heat that was present might have made the chondrules sufficiently pliable that they squished into oval shapes due to

RE: [meteorite-list] Oriented chondrules?

2005-03-08 Thread mark ford
? ... Interesting thread this! Best, Mark Ford -Original Message- From: Graham Christensen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 8:31 AM To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Oriented chondrules? Hi Darren Chondritic meteorites come from asteroids

Re: [meteorite-list] Oriented chondrules?

2005-03-08 Thread Graham Christensen
. Graham - Original Message - From: mark ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 2:37 AM Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Oriented chondrules? Darren and list, I have seen Some pieces of NWA 869 that have similar oriented Chondrules, (even though

Re: [meteorite-list] Oriented chondrules?

2005-03-08 Thread Darren Garrison
On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 01:31:02 -0700, Graham Christensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Darren Chondritic meteorites come from asteroids that aren't quite large enough to have completely melted, but usually still large enough to cause some thermal alteration. The heat that was present might have

RE: [meteorite-list] Oriented chondrules?

2005-03-08 Thread mark ford
is going on (the stones behaving like large chondrules) Best, Mark Ford -Original Message- From: Darren Garrison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 11:41 AM To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Oriented chondrules? On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 01

Re: [meteorite-list] Oriented chondrules?

2005-03-08 Thread Mark Bowling
--- Graham Christensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The heat that was present might have made the chondrules sufficiently pliable that they squished into oval shapes due to the downward pressure from the material that was above it in its parent asteroid. Or maybe just high pressure - heat may