[meteorite-list] How to tell IMB Gaos from normal

From: MeteorHntr at aol.com <MeteorHntr_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:55:54 EDT
Message-ID: <bf8.2af642ff.3540fc5a_at_aol.com>

Michael,

Actually, yes I have seen impact melts before. But to be honest, I am not
sure I have seen the outside of a Gao IMB. It might be that I don't have any
in the batches I have had currently or before.

I will assume if none of the ones I have now look like a typical IMB, then
that is probably the case.

How rare are the IMB stones from Gao anyway? 1 out of a hundred? More?
Less?

Steve Arnold
Arkansas
MrSteveArnold.com


In a message dated 4/23/2008 3:48:49 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
meteoriteguy at yahoo.com writes:
Come on Steve, have you never seen the outside of a
Gao impact-melt piece, or any impact melt for that
matter? It is extremely easy to tell, it wont have
fusion crust on the melt parts, they are glassy and
much harder.
Michael Farmer




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Received on Wed 23 Apr 2008 04:55:54 PM PDT