[meteorite-list] (november)

From: Luis Villafane <invadorzim012_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:07:01 2004
Message-ID: <DAV31ukg3nOpj53XaDF000006c0_at_hotmail.com>

i live in ny and i want to see the leidonds wut time at night should i go ?
thanks luis:0)
----- Original Message -----
From: Rafael B. Torres <spacecollection2001_at_hotmail.com>
To: <littlejo_at_vnet.net>; <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 10:45 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Desert Varnish


> Hello everyoneˇˇˇˇ..Ive been offline for two days and Ive seen this list
> kinda quiet for now. There has been a topic in this list that I would like
> to know about.
> I live in the northern mexican desert, and Im quite familiar with desert
> varnish in rocks and its appearance. I dont like desert varnish in normal
> rocks cuz this makes impossible to look for meteorites around here,
because
> every rock around here seems to be covered with the black and dark desert
> crust. Ive been fooled more than once thinking normal rocks are
meteorites,
> cuz from far away some rocks seem to be meteorites, even in huge sand
dunes
> where the sand is almost white and very fine. I dont know what causes
desrt
> varnish, Ive been told its from the radiation of the sun. The desert
varnish
> around here is like a fusion crust on meteorites, but it has rough texture
> and opaque shine.
>
> Desert varnish in meteorite I have from the Sahara desert seem like dark
and
> others are light red or orange. I think this in part is because of the
> interior make up of meteorites, but if its desert varnish, why is it so
> shiny and soft?, does anybody know what causes desert varnish in
> meteorites?, and does it differ from desert to desert?. I think ths desert
> varnish may have clues of the time the meteorite has spent in the Earth.
So
> this desert varnish is a sign of severe weathering on the meteorite or
not?
>
>
>
> =0)
> Rafael B. Torres
> Space Collection 2001
> http://www.geocities.com/rafael_blando
>
>
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