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

[Matthias Bärmann]

I agree. But using an expression (also a scientific one) in a
phenomenological manner we should take care to avoid a contradiction (or
even tensions) between the phenomenological and the scientific dimension.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Darren Garrison" <cynapse at charter.net>
To: "Matthias Bärmann" <majbaermann at web.de>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [meteorite-list] Irons DON'T form Fusion Crust's - yes they
DO


On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 20:17:25 +0100, you wrote:

>But it doesn't hit the point regarding meteorites. "Glassy" evokes the
>impression of something shiny, very smooth, mirror-like. But as we all now

But the "laymen" use of the term isn't the scientific one.  "Glassy" means
something that cooled quickly enough that it didn't have time to crystalize
and
is instead, on the atomic level, an amorphous mess.