[meteorite-list] Mars: Rotten Rocks

Sterling K. Webb kelly at bhil.com
Wed Feb 2 11:38:40 EST 2005


     Hi, List,

         What about the "rotten rocks"?
     <http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/spirit/20040615a.html>

         These stones seem to have retained their (presumably) hard
     outer crusts but have had their "insides" eroded away.
         Now, it occurs to me that a fusion crusted meteorite of a
     soft crumbly kind (type C?) might very well erode this way.
     The fused crust would stand up to wind and sand better than
     the soft interior.
         Anybody think we might be looking at another Martian
     meteorite?


     Sterling K. Webb





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