[meteorite-list] Question Impact Melt

From: Bernd Pauli HD <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:23:44 2004
Message-ID: <3E64C87F.E9A01898_at_lehrer.uni-karlsruhe.de>

Matteo wrote:

> Thanks Bernd

You are welcome.

> and is possible a meteorite of this type:

METEORITE NWA 1701 NEW
IMPACT MELT VERY NICE
EBay Item # 2162429531

> is classificated LL?

Well, why not? If there are H and L impact melts,
why shouldn't there also be LL impact melts!

But, of course, this is just an "educated guess"! Dr. David
Kring and co-workers (for example, Dolores Hill who is also
a list member) may want to shed more light on this intriguing
question.

See also:

Kring D.A., Hill D.H., Gleason J.D., Britt D.T. et al. (1999)
Portales Valley: A meteoritic sample of the brecciated and metal-
veined floor of an impact crater on an H-chondrite asteroid
(MAPS 34-4, 1999, 663-669).


Ciao,

Bernd
Received on Tue 04 Mar 2003 10:38:39 AM PST