[meteorite-list] Pseudotachylite

[bernd.pauli at paulinet.de]

Hello Harold, Greg, and List,

Harold wrote (excerpt):

"... just some clarification, the term pseudotachy-
lite is only valid for earth friction melt rocks !"

This isn't quite true anymore because:

RUBIN A.E. (2003) Post-shock annealing and post-annealing shock: implications
for the thermal and shock histories of ordinary-chondrite parent bodies (Lunar
and Planetary Science XXXIV (2003), 1263.pdf):

.. In addition to long-recognized shock effects in olivine, pyroxene and plagioclase
(including the presence of high-pressure phases), petrographic shock indicators in OC
include silicate darkening [3], chromite veinlets [3], narrow glassy pseudotachylite-
like veins [4], ...

Best regards,
good night,

Bernd