[meteorite-list] Rocks From Space POD 7-27

Jeff Pringle jlp3 at earthlink.net
Thu Aug 2 10:45:19 EDT 2007


http://www.spacerocksinc.com/July_27_2007.html



That's an unusual texture, I think the geologists call it spherulitic - 
indicative of rapid cooling.

Here's an example of a similar texture in Apollo rock 60017:

http://ser.sese.asu.edu/cgi-bin/DPSC_Data.pl?search=1&rock=60017&piece=&size=&slide=&coments=

Got any thin section micrographs of that meteorite yet?

Anyone recall seeing another meteorite with that texture?




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