[meteorite-list] regmaglypts

From: Donald Blakeslee <blakesle_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:41:53 2004
Message-ID: <3.0.2.32.20010102110352.0072a168_at_twsuvm.uc.twsu.edu>

I'm wondering about the two words used to name the depressions formed on
the surfaces of meteorites during their passage through the atmosphere:
regmaglypts and piezoglypts. Any difference in the exact meanings? And
why piezo-, which also shows up in piezoelectric, referring to the kind of
discharge one can produce in crystalline quartz.


Don Blakeslee
Department of Anthropology
Wichita State University
blakesle_at_twsuvm.uc.twsu.edu
Received on Tue 02 Jan 2001 12:03:52 PM PST