[meteorite-list] Re: ?Shocked quartz?

[Paul H]

gian paolo gallo gallo wrote:

>Buenas noches , List. Have any of you a 
>picture of shocked cristal quartz ?. I 
>would really appreciate if some one 
>send us a picture to see how they 
>looks like.

To see shocked quartz, a person needs to first make a
petrographic thin sections of the material, which a
person 
suspects contains some.

A page that explains what shocked quartz is "WHAT IS 
"SHOCKED QUARTZ"?" at:
http://www.scn.org/~bh162/shocked_quartz.html
http://www.scn.org/~bh162/shocked_quartz.jpg
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/esu801/esu801page03.cfm
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/esu801/images/esu801_p3_shocked_quartz_b.gif

Pictures of shocked quartz can be found at:

1. CHESAPEAKE BAY IMPACT STRUCTURE.
http://www.wm.edu/geology/virginia/cbis.html
http://www.wm.edu/geology/virginia/cbis-izett-shockedqtz.gif

2. Lecture 5 Debate 1: What Killed the Dinosaurs?
(cont.)
http://atropos.as.arizona.edu/aiz/teaching/a204/lecture5.html
http://atropos.as.arizona.edu/aiz/teaching/a204/images/shocked_quartz.gif

3. The Extinction Of The Dinosaurs
http://www.priweb.org/ed/ICTHOL/ICTHOLrp/34rp.htm
http://www.priweb.org/ed/ICTHOL/ICTHOLrp/34rp_files/image006.jpg

4. Research Interests - Dr. Jared R. Morrow
http://esci.unco.edu/faculty/morrow/Morrow_UNC_home_files/Morrow_Research.htm
http://esci.unco.edu/faculty/morrow/Morrow_UNC_home_files/Research%20Photos/shock_qtz_gr.jpg

Best Regards,

Paul
Baton Rouge, LA





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