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Re: Basalt from Earth and from space



> Basaltic achondrites can be identified by
> the presence of a fusion crust.  
> Steve Schoner

.....or perhaps not. Fusions crusts are not a permanent feature. It is quite 
possible - indeed commonplace - for an aged meteorite to lose its crust.

-- 
Phil Bagnall
http://www.ticetboo.demon.co.uk/

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