[meteorite-list] things embedded in fusion crust

[Phil Morgan]

Thanks for the responses.  Makes Sense.

Guess I just haven't personally observed this part of the process before

Regards to all!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "drtanuki" <drtanuki at yahoo.com>
To: "Phil Morgan" <pkmorgan at ctcweb.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 10:04 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] things embedded in fusion crust


> Dear Phil,
>  It is sand.  When meteorites weather, iron oxide is
> released and mixed with carbonates in the surrounding
> sand/soil and the sand becomes embedded a crust around
> the meteorite, when the meteorite is again exposed to
> the blowing sand the surface becomes ablated; this is
> what you are observing.  
> Best, Dirk...Tokyo
> 
> --- Phil Morgan <pkmorgan at ctcweb.net> wrote:
> 
>> Hello All,
>> I've got an oriented NWA that appears to have sand
>> embedded in the fusion 
>> crust on the leading edge.  Could this be possible? 
>> I'm 98% sure that it's 
>> not desert varnish I'm seeing.
>> 
>> Any other situations where things are stuck in the
>> crust?  Seems like I 
>> recall grass in a Portales Valley, but not certain
>> on that one.
>> 
>> I tried to take a couple pictures but it's hard to
>> get the depth perception. 
>> Here they are anyway.
>> 
>>
> http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c57/pkmorgan/meteorite/crust1.jpg
>> 
>>
> http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c57/pkmorgan/meteorite/crust2.jpg
>> 
>> Any info on this topic would be appreciated.
>> 
>> Thanks and Regards,
>> Phil 
>> 
>> 
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