Re: [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation

2009-10-05 Thread Alan Rubin
...@yahoo.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 1:51 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation Hello All: I had a thought: It seems to me that chondrules are prevalent in meteorites blasted from asteroidal bodies and not from planetary bodies

Re: [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation

2009-10-02 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - We don't know crap... Hey!, who stole my line? But that's okay, I can come up with another one: We don't know crap about the impact hazard, and NASA senior managers know less than that. E.P. Grondine Man and Impact in the Americas

Re: [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation

2009-10-02 Thread Greg Stanley
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation Hi all - We don't know crap... Hey!, who stole my line? But that's okay, I can come up with another one: We don't know crap about the impact hazard, and NASA senior managers know less than that. E.P

Re: [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation

2009-10-02 Thread Melanie Matthews
To: epgrond...@yahoo.com=3b meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Fri=2C 2 Oct 2009 13:51:29 -0700 Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation Hello All: I had a thought: It seems to me that chondrules are prevalent in meteorites blasted from a= steroidal bodies and not from planetary

Re: [meteorite-list] Chondrule Formation

2007-12-05 Thread STARSANDSCOPES
Hi list, Sorry for this lame post. I recently received an email from a list member that for some reason went to my spam folder. I accidentally hit the delete all button and I can't get it back at all. I never opened it and I didn't see who it was from. Please send it again if it was

Re: [meteorite-list] Chondrule Formation

2007-12-05 Thread STARSANDSCOPES
Hi List, A very interesting post. It seems electrical discharge is being seen as not likely for chondrule formation. I have seen chondrules with many types of structures that seem to defy the conventional view of shock wave formation. Some have intertwined tubular features that resemble

[meteorite-list] Chondrule Formation

2007-12-05 Thread Pete Pete
For the full PDF file: http://eprintweb.org/S/article/astro-ph/0712.0561 http://eprintweb.org/S/article/astro-ph/0712.0561 arXiv:0712.0561 (December 2007) Exposing metal and silicate charges to electrical discharges: Did chondrules form by nebular lightning?

Re: Re : [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism (Info Please)

2006-10-27 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Pete [EMAIL PROTECTED]; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 2:52 PM Subject: RE: Re : [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism (Info Please) I suppose you are correct. I suspect the iron flecks in chondrites must be stellar relics. The iron is formed

Re: Re : [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism (Info Please)

2006-10-27 Thread E.P. Grondine
PM Subject: RE: Re : [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism (Info Please) I suppose you are correct. I suspect the iron flecks in chondrites must be stellar relics. The iron is formed in the cores of all stars. Nuclearly speaking it is the stablest of all elements (lowest

Re: Re : [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism (Info Please)

2006-10-27 Thread Gerald Flaherty
. Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: Sterling K. Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Cc: E.P. Grondine [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 2:30 AM Subject: Re: Re : [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism (Info Please) Hi, Rob, Pete, Ed

RE: Re : [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism (Info Please)

2006-10-25 Thread Pete Pete
. Grondine [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re : [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism (Info Please) Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:15:53 + (GMT) Hi, all, I am surprised that nobody evoked the theory following which chondrules were formed in relatively very few privileged zones of space. They would

Re: RE: Re : [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism (Info Please)

2006-10-25 Thread Darren Garrison
On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 11:52:23 -0400, you wrote: If the heavy elements, such as nickel and iron, are created by a supernova, and the chondrules are in theory formed much later during the future dynamics of our solar system's nebula, would it be fair to say that the metal flecks would be billions

Re: RE: Re : [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism (Info Please)

2006-10-25 Thread Pete Pete
: Re: RE: Re : [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism (Info Please) Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:55:53 -0400 On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 11:52:23 -0400, you wrote: If the heavy elements, such as nickel and iron, are created by a supernova, and the chondrules are in theory formed much later during

Re: RE: Re : [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism (Info Please)

2006-10-25 Thread Pete Pete
PROTECTED] CC: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: RE: Re : [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism (Info Please) Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:55:53 -0400 On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 11:52:23 -0400, you wrote: If the heavy elements, such as nickel and iron, are created by a supernova

RE: Re : [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism (Info Please)

2006-10-25 Thread Rob McCafferty
. Grondine [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re : [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism (Info Please) Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:15:53 + (GMT) Hi, all, I am surprised that nobody evoked the theory following which chondrules were formed in relatively very few privileged zones of space

Re: [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism (Info Please)

2006-10-24 Thread Rob McCafferty
3:25 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism (Info Please) Hi Sterling, If the dates are right, the problem becomes how did that many identical atoms get together in one place so that the chondrules could form? Since this question has

Re: [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism (Info Please)

2006-10-24 Thread Rob McCafferty
I like this theory very much. (I particularly like it because it allows the structure to form the way i described it) Rob McC --- Mr EMan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think crystal formation in a fluid preceded the choundrule formation. Seems standard mineralogy and crystalography answer

Re: [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism (Info Please)

2006-10-24 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi Rob - molecules of a feather flock together? why? If they did, then say an initial detonation of our sun could have been the heat which fused them together. I think speculation on this kind of blast has been bandied about much recently. good hunting, Ed --- Rob McCafferty [EMAIL

Re: [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism (Info Please)

2006-10-24 Thread Sterling K. Webb
- From: Warin Roger To: Sterling K. Webb ; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Cc: E.P. Grondine Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 11:15 AM Subject: Re : [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism (Info Please) Hi, all, I am surprised that nobody evoked the theory following which

Re: [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism (Info Please)

2006-10-24 Thread lebofsky
@meteoritecentral.com Cc: E.P. Grondine Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 11:15 AM Subject: Re : [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism (Info Please) Hi, all, I am surprised that nobody evoked the theory following which chondrules were formed in relatively very few privileged zones of space

Re: [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism (Info Please)

2006-10-24 Thread Rob McCafferty
--- E.P. Grondine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Rob - molecules of a feather flock together? why? This is the most blatant speculation on my part and I have not looked it up to check this (though to be fair, I didn't make the comment above, I just like it) but this is what I think and no

Re: [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism (Info Please)

2006-10-23 Thread E.P. Grondine
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Sterling K. Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 3:25 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism (Info Please) Hi Sterling, If the dates are right, the problem becomes how did that many identical atoms get together in one

Re: [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism (Info Please)

2006-10-23 Thread Mr EMan
--- E.P. Grondine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The problem still remains what caused sufficient number of atoms of the same type to be in the same place at the same time to produce the crystals and glasses observed. I think crystal formation in a fluid preceded the choundrule formation. Seems

Re: [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism (Info Please)

2006-10-22 Thread Rob McCafferty
Ed Thanks for the reply. I'd really like to take a look at any data but to help be more specific on my requirements I'll give you an outline on my idea. The appearance of the unaltered chondrites seems to show that the outer rim of the chondrules are of a significantly diferent structure to the

Re: [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism (Info Please)

2006-10-22 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi Rob - You noticed the contradiction in cooling periods as well. What I am thinking is that there was at least one larger parent body which was disrupted about 3.9 Gya (at time of LPBE). When this larger parent body was disrupted, then the effervescent foaming that led to some chondrules

Re: [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism (Info Please)

2006-10-22 Thread Sterling K. Webb
PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 10:24 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism (Info Please) Hi Rob - You noticed the contradiction in cooling periods as well. What I am thinking is that there was at least one larger parent

Re: Re: [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism

2006-10-22 Thread tracy latimer
Right here on Earth, we have good demonstrations of effervescence in rocks. Every time we get fire fountaining from one of our volcanoes, it is caused by a large amount of gas dissolved under pressure at depth in the magma. When the pressurized magma (now lava) reaches sufficiently shallow

[meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism

2006-10-21 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - I think I would be right in saying that the usual mechanism proposed for chondrule formation is precipitation at low temperatures over time. But I am wondering: could chondrule formation be linked to the release of pressure? Could it be like a soda-pop, where when you take the cap off

Re: [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism

2006-10-21 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 10:12:56 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: I think I would be right in saying that the usual mechanism proposed for chondrule formation is precipitation at low temperatures over time. No, actually it isn't. Chondrules are usually proposed to be products of rapid melting.

Re: [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism

2006-10-21 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi Darren - Thanks - much has been lost in the stroke. I also seem to remember a long slow cooling involved in chondrule formation - I am thinking that effervescence following a sudden release of pressure might be a better process description - good hunting, Ed --- Darren Garrison [EMAIL

Re: Re: [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism

2006-10-21 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 14:58:23 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: Hi Darren - Thanks - much has been lost in the stroke. I also seem to remember a long slow cooling involved in chondrule formation - Googling chondrule formation comes up with lots of stuff, much of it pretty densly technical. Here's

Re: Re: [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism

2006-10-21 Thread E.P. Grondine
Thanks Darren - now this is more like it - h --- Darren Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.aspbooks.org/custom/publications/paper/index.phtml?paper_id=2447 Chondrule textures depend on the extent of melting of the chondrule precursor- material when cooling starts. Kind of

Re: [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism

2006-10-21 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 16:41:48 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: Chondrule textures depend on the extent of melting of the chondrule precursor- material when cooling starts. Kind of begs the question - chodrules formed by collision, which causes melt - consider if one started from a steady molten state

Re: [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism (Info Please)

2006-10-21 Thread Rob McCafferty
Hi list What I have ben able to find personally on chondrule formation is rather sketchy. Even the otherwise comprehensive Encyclopedia of Meteorites by O. Richard Norton seems to skim over the mechanism in a paragraph. It's almost as if there is something which defies explanation and

Re: [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism (Info Please)

2006-10-21 Thread E.P. Grondine
jeez Bob, and all I was trying to do was to come up with a good excuse to personally examine that Krasnojarsk RSPOD Oct 15. You're just about ready to handle some of my asteroid and comet impact correspondence. Ed --- Rob McCafferty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi list What I have ben able

Re: [meteorite-list] Chondrule Formation vs Chondrule Conglomerate

2005-05-14 Thread Marc Fries
Howdy My impression upon seeing this meteorite isn't that it necessarily accreted quickly, but that it accreted in an environment that lacked smaller particles. With no small bits scattered about, there was no material to make up the typical matrix. Alternatively, even if it accreted quickly

[meteorite-list] Chondrule Formation vs Chondrule Conglomerate

2005-05-13 Thread Jeff Kuyken
G'day List, I was just reading through a section of 'Planetary Materials - Reviews in Mineralogy, Volume 36' regarding Chondrules when one particular sentence stuck out. It says: A transient heating event melted the dustballs, and they were subsequently cooled, initially at rates around hundreds

[meteorite-list] Chondrule Formation -informative link

2004-04-05 Thread Lars Pedersen
Hi All I came across this website. http://www.ciw.edu/desch/SLIDES/gordon/index.html I find it very informative, and interesting. Have a look, and think some big thoughts :-) Best Lars

[meteorite-list] Chondrule Formation

2003-07-09 Thread Walter Branch
Hello Everyone, Nice collection of papers dealing with the formation of chondrules in meteorites: http://ads.harvard.edu/books/chto/ BTW, I am now selling smaller slices of NWA 482 (lunar meteorite) for half their usual asking price. http://branchmeteorites.com/sale/salenwa482.html