[meteorite-list] Re: Meteorite "Scratch Test"?

From: RYAN PAWELSKI <yellowengine_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat Apr 9 01:21:52 2005
Message-ID: <30135036.1113024017846.JavaMail.root_at_louie.psp.pas.earthlink.net>

So, hypothetically, if you're not supposed to be able to scratch the fusion crust of a meteorite with a sharp object such as a knife, how do meteorites such as Bensour receive "skid marks" when landing on sharp stone surfaces?

Ryan

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From: "Matson, Robert" <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_saic.com>
Sent: Apr 9, 2005 12:10 AM
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Subject: [meteorite-list] Help with meteorwrong ID

Hi All,

Continuing the mini-thread on extraterrestrial wannabes, I've uploaded
some images of an achondrite meteorwrong that I found recently. (For
the few list members that have already assisted me in identifying the
rock in question, these images are slightly better quality):

http://members.cox.net/mojave_meteorites/Meteorwrong1.jpg
http://members.cox.net/mojave_meteorites/Meteorwrong2.jpg
http://members.cox.net/mojave_meteorites/Meteorwrong3.jpg
http://members.cox.net/mojave_meteorites/Meteorwrong4.jpg
http://members.cox.net/mojave_meteorites/Meteorwrong5.jpg

The fourth image shows the windowed interior. I welcome any of our
rock experts to offer opinions on probable ID -- gabbro, black granite,
diorite, etc. Specific gravity is ~3.0, and rock has no paramagnetism.
I was able to scratch the black surface with a pocket-knife; haven't
tried the white inclusions yet. No streak on a streak plate. --Rob
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