[meteorite-list] C-Chondrites and Shock
From: Matt Morgan <mmorgan_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Mar 23 15:18:31 2005 Message-ID: <4241CEF6.3020206_at_mhmeteorites.com> Or maybe Ureilites are severly shocked C-Chondrites. Thanks for the reply. =============== Matt Morgan Mile High Meteorites P.O. Box 151293 Lakewood, CO 80215 USA http://www.mhmeteorites.com ebay id: mhmeteorites bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de wrote: >Matt inquired: > > > >>Aren't the C-Chondrites only aqueously altered and not shocked by >>impact? I read this a while back, but I am not clear on the subject. >> >> > >Well, my C-chondrites were severely shocked >when they learnt who they belonged to :-)) > >Hello Matt and List, > >Carbonaceous chondrites have been subject to impact shock just like >many other meteorites and they comprise almost the whole shock stage >gamut from S1 (Acfer 082, CV3 for example) to S4 (HaH 281). There are, >however, no carbonaceous chondrites in my databases that are S5 or S6. > >Here are some examples: > >S1 - Acfer 202, CO3 >S2 - Gujba, CB3a >S3 - Bali, CV3.0 >S4 - Sahara 98044, CV > >Why there are no severely shocked carbonaceous chondrites, I do not >know. Maybe they wouldn't have survived S5 or S6 or maybe we just >haven't found any yet. Any opinions? > >Best regards, > >Bernd > >______________________________________________ >Meteorite-list mailing list >Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > Received on Wed 23 Mar 2005 03:17:58 PM PST |
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