Re: [meteorite-list] a question on fusion crust

2007-03-23 Thread Armando Afonso
- Original Message - From: Michael Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 5:04 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] a question on fusion crust Crus is crust, soft, hard, it doesnt matter. It is a crust of material caused

Re: [meteorite-list] a question on fusion crust

2007-03-23 Thread Armando Afonso
- Original Message - From: Michael Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Armando Afonso [EMAIL PROTECTED]; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 4:48 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] a question on fusion crust But made from the matrix component. burned material from

Re: [meteorite-list] a question on fusion crust

2007-03-23 Thread Armando Afonso
- Original Message - From: Michael Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Armando Afonso [EMAIL PROTECTED]; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 4:48 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] a question on fusion crust But made from the matrix component. burned material from

Re: [meteorite-list] a question on fusion crust

2007-03-23 Thread Armando Afonso
]; Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 4:14 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] a question on fusion crust This is simple. Fusion, the result of material burning at extreme temeratures, and crust, the layer on the surface that was not there before re-entry. Thus, FUSION

Re: [meteorite-list] a question on fusion crust

2007-03-22 Thread Michael Farmer
This is simple. Fusion, the result of material burning at extreme temeratures, and crust, the layer on the surface that was not there before re-entry. Thus, FUSION CRUST It is quite obvious that the surface of a freshly fallen iron, with the blue-black coating is a FUSION CRUST. It generally

Re: [meteorite-list] a question on fusion crust

2007-03-22 Thread Michael Farmer
Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mr EMan [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Michael Murray [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 4:14 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] a question on fusion crust This is simple. Fusion, the result of material burning

Re: [meteorite-list] a question on fusion crust

2007-03-22 Thread Greg Hupe
- From: Michael Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Armando Afonso [EMAIL PROTECTED]; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 12:48 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] a question on fusion crust But made from the matrix component. burned material from the parent body

Re: [meteorite-list] a question on fusion crust

2007-03-22 Thread Michael Farmer
: Michael Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Armando Afonso [EMAIL PROTECTED]; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 4:48 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] a question on fusion crust But made from the matrix component. burned material from the parent body, regardless

Re: [meteorite-list] a question on fusion crust

2007-03-22 Thread mark ford
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Hupe Sent: 22 March 2007 16:56 To: Michael Farmer Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] a question on fusion crust Hi Mike and List, Even the soot is part of the material coming into the atmosphere

Re: [meteorite-list] a question on fusion crust

2007-03-22 Thread Michael Farmer
: Michael Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 5:04 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] a question on fusion crust Crus is crust, soft, hard, it doesnt matter. It is a crust of material caused to be on the surface of the object

Re: [meteorite-list] a question on fusion crust

2007-03-22 Thread Chris Peterson
- From: mark ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 11:04 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] a question on fusion crust On that subject, anyone know what actual temperature the surface of the average Chondrite gets to on atmospheric entry

Re: [meteorite-list] a question on fusion crust

2007-03-22 Thread Darren Garrison
On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:04:08 -, you wrote: out what temp a chrondrite melts at, but presumably it gets much much hotter than 'just the melting point temp'. Just as a guess (and not looking at research to back it up) but I'd think that the surface would reach only just about the same as the

Re: [meteorite-list] a question on fusion crust

2007-03-22 Thread MexicoDoug
PROTECTED] To: Armando Afonso [EMAIL PROTECTED]; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 4:48 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] a question on fusion crust But made from the matrix component. burned material from the parent body, regardless of how

Re: [meteorite-list] a question on fusion crust

2007-03-21 Thread Dave Freeman mjwy
I think the archives will have a dozen pages of debate over this issue that was just recycled through the list about three weeks, three month, three season, three years ago We seem to have no clear winner as the minority screamed louder. Dave F. Michael Murray wrote: Hi List, Are you

Re: [meteorite-list] a question on fusion crust

2007-03-21 Thread Mr EMan
The soot coating you are talking about is mostly freshly created magnetite (micro /nano crystals) from the oxidation of iron whilst passing through the incandescent phase. It adheres by magnetism and can be wiped off with rough handling. There is probably a carbon component however graphite