[meteorite-list] Planet Mercury Even Weirder Than We Thought

From: cdtucson at cox.net <cdtucson_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 14:59:54 -0400
Message-ID: <20120325145954.D6O62.114837.imail_at_fed1rmwml106>

Paul,
Wow. This is exciting news. Once again, it sounds like a meteorite from Mercury would be either all silica (glass) or a combination of glass and sulfide depending on the depth of the impact that dislodged the material.
My question is this; should we be looking for silicate meteorites? Or taking a second look at past rejects because they were to glassy? Too much quartz even?

Best regards,
Carl
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Cheers
---- "Paul H." <oxytropidoceras at cox.net> wrote: 
> Planet Mercury Even Weirder Than We Thought
> Wired Science, by Adam Mann, March 21, 2012 |
> http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/03/dynamic-mercury-geology/?pid=3477&pageid=101963
> http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/03/dynamic-mercury-geology/?pid=3480&pageid=101963
> 
> Mercury has been 'dynamic world' by Paul Rincon
> BBC News, March 21, 2012
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17248776
> 
> Mercury's Surprising Core and Landscape Curiosities
> ScienceDaily, March 21, 2012
> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120321105505.htm
> 
> The paper is:
> 
> Zuber, M. T., D. E. Smith, and many others, 2012, Topography 
> of the Northern Hemisphere of Mercury from MESSENGER 
> Laser Altimetry. Science Express. Published Online March 21, 2012
> http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2012/03/20/science.1218805.abstract
> http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2012/03/20/science.1218805/suppl/DC1
> 
> MESSENGER Planetary Conference Multimedia Page
> http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/presscon11_multi.html
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Paul H.
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