[meteorite-list] EL's, Collections, etc.

From: stan . <laser_maniac_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 04:30:22 +0000
Message-ID: <BAY121-F213836641C627BF5691D18F0D90_at_phx.gbl>

>Bottom line, the darker the material, the more weathered., but cool all the
>same.

Greg - are you reffering to the darker of the 'blue' lithology or the darker
of the material period?

The last i hurd the dark - ie brown material is less weathered - it still
has the oxide veining intact. the 'blue' material has had all of the metal
(oxides) leached out through repetitive wetting via salt water. there seems
to be a continuum of 'blue' lithology material ranging from very light in
color almost off white to a dingy brownish blue. some of the more weathered
stones have a rind of black material on the outside that represents all of
the metals that have been elached out.

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