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

From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2007 14:48:52 -0500
Message-ID: <bej2q2pa3b886tbihq9sqolk9t514u50uv_at_4ax.com>

On Sun, 07 Jan 2007 14:34:12 -0500, you wrote:

>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?

http://www.answers.com/glass&r=67

"Any of a large class of materials with highly variable mechanical and optical
properties that solidify from the molten state without crystallization..."

http://www.answers.com/glassy

"Characteristic of or resembling glass."
Received on Sun 07 Jan 2007 02:48:52 PM PST