[meteorite-list] Fusion Crust on Irons

From: Meteorites USA <eric_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:48:22 -0800
Message-ID: <4B02E1E6.4010609_at_meteoritesusa.com>

Hi Martin, Thank you for sharing...

Those photos are a little too distant to see any detail... I can see it
has a satin like, or velvety like surface, but a closeup of the surface
detail is what I was looking for.

Anyone?

Those are gorgeous irons by the way!

Regards,
Eric


Martin Altmann wrote:
> Fat, dull, rough, dark-grey to dark-brown.
>
> Boguslavka:
> http://www.fmm.ru/metpictures/bogus.jpg
>
> Cabin Creek
> http://www.austromet.com/Museum_24082005_07.jpg
>
> Treysa
> http://www.gi-po.de/meteorit_treysa_1g.jpg
>
> Sikhote-Alin
> http://www.spacerocksinc.com/Dec1.html
>
> and so on.
>
> Cheers,
> Martin
>
>
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> Betreff: [meteorite-list] Fusion Crust on Irons
>
> Hi all,
>
> With all the talk about melting and twisting of metal on the Sikhote
> Alin meteorite it got me to wondering what very fresh fusion crust looks
> like on an iron meteorite. I mean like the day it fell fresh, and not
> like the Sikhote.
>
> Everyone here pretty much knows what fresh crust looks like on an
> ordinary chondrite, but are there any example photos of freshly fallen
> iron meteorites with very fresh fusion crust beside the Sikhote Alin
> meteorite?
>
> Regards,
> Eric Wichman
> Meteorites USA
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