[meteorite-list] Irons DON'T form Fusion Crust's - yes they DO

From: Mark <mafer_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 14:47:26 -0500
Message-ID: <019d01c73294$a89eb370$01fea8c0_at_maf>

no, actually, it's not. amorphous or crytocrystaline, it would still be a
"glass" if it was composed of silicates.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary K. Foote" <gary at webbers.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 2:34 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Irons DON'T form Fusion Crust's - yes they DO


> On 7 Jan 2007 at 14:26, Darren Garrison wrote:
>
>> "Glassy" means
>> something that cooled quickly enough that it didn't have time to
>> crystalize and is instead, on the atomic level, an amorphous mess.
>
> I think this is a stretch of the term 'glassy'. Unless there is somewhere
> a reference to
> this meaning that I am not aware of?
>
> Yet, I still come down on this side of 'Irons DO have fusion crusts' I
> don't think this
> statement supports it.
>
> Gary
> gary at meteorite-dealers.com
>
>
>
> ______________________________________________
> Meteorite-list mailing list
> Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Received on Sun 07 Jan 2007 02:47:26 PM PST