[meteorite-list] Lightening glass was Question for Ted ?

From: Gary Fujihara <fujmon_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:11:25 -1000
Message-ID: <EF944EBD-F3A4-45C6-932F-E3D3B964F7A0_at_mac.com>

Aloha Elton,

> Also recently there was a NWA recovered which had small fragments apparently
> embedded in a black glass on one side suggesting that a swarm of fragments
> drafting the larger mass inside its slipstream. The swarm caught up to it and
> adhered to the fused pool of material on the downwind side of the stone. What
> has become of that recovery? Anyone formally researching it?

Not sure about that particular NWA, but I have a Gao with larger ?hitchhikers? that probably formed in similar fashion:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=31098342&l=d4a6c14f0c&id=1394318075

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=31098343&l=36dee321b8&id=1394318075

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=31098344&l=88131bdec0&id=1394318075

Gary Fujihara
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Received on Mon 26 Jul 2010 12:11:25 PM PDT