[meteorite-list] things embedded in fusion crust

From: Phil Morgan <pkmorgan_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Nov 2 00:41:29 2006
Message-ID: <00ae01c6fe41$8bc10550$0307a8c0_at_Gateway500s>

Thanks for the responses. Makes Sense.

Guess I just haven't personally observed this part of the process before

Regards to all!

----- Original Message -----
From: "drtanuki" <drtanuki_at_yahoo.com>
To: "Phil Morgan" <pkmorgan_at_ctcweb.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 10:04 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] things embedded in fusion crust


> Dear Phil,
> It is sand. When meteorites weather, iron oxide is
> released and mixed with carbonates in the surrounding
> sand/soil and the sand becomes embedded a crust around
> the meteorite, when the meteorite is again exposed to
> the blowing sand the surface becomes ablated; this is
> what you are observing.
> Best, Dirk...Tokyo
>
> --- Phil Morgan <pkmorgan_at_ctcweb.net> wrote:
>
>> Hello All,
>> I've got an oriented NWA that appears to have sand
>> embedded in the fusion
>> crust on the leading edge. Could this be possible?
>> I'm 98% sure that it's
>> not desert varnish I'm seeing.
>>
>> Any other situations where things are stuck in the
>> crust? Seems like I
>> recall grass in a Portales Valley, but not certain
>> on that one.
>>
>> I tried to take a couple pictures but it's hard to
>> get the depth perception.
>> Here they are anyway.
>>
>>
> http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c57/pkmorgan/meteorite/crust1.jpg
>>
>>
> http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c57/pkmorgan/meteorite/crust2.jpg
>>
>> Any info on this topic would be appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks and Regards,
>> Phil
>>
>>
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