[meteorite-list] Irons DON'T form Fusion Crust's - yes they DO

[Mr EMan]

I defined glass in a previous post specifically as
that which is formed from fuseing/melting silicates. 
Which is closest to your thrid definition of "glassy".
This isn't a discussion of commercial applications of
glass or philosophical ones.  You missed the point of
this whole arguement that technical literature defines
fusion crust as containing glass -- the amorphous
state of silicates.  There is no manipulation of the
terms by me. I quoted directly from the published
definitions. I used your website in research  btw.

Elton


--- Eric Twelker <twelker at alaska.net> wrote:

> The only problem here is that EMan  has changed the
> definition of "glassy" to make his argument work. 
Here is what Princeton says:
> 
> Adjective
>     €    S: (adj) glassy (resembling glass in
> smoothness and shininess and
> slickness) "the glassy surface of the lake"; "the
> pavement was...glassy with
> water"- Willa Cather
>     €    S: (adj) glassy, glazed ((used of eyes)
> lacking liveliness) "empty
> eyes"; "a glassy stare"; "his eyes were glazed over
> with boredom"
>     €    S: (adj) glassy, vitreous, vitrified ((of
> ceramics) having the
> surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a
> vitreous solution to it)
> "glazed pottery"; "glassy porcelain"; "hard vitreous
> china used for plumbing
> fixtures"
> 
> I'll go with common sense on this one.  Fusion crust
> is the fused rind on
> the outside of a meteorite.  And people whose eyes
> are "glassy" don't all have glass eyes.
> 
>     Eric Twelker