[meteorite-list] Slickensides vs. Shock Veins correction Ringwoodite
Mr EMan
mstreman53 at yahoo.com
Thu Oct 4 05:35:55 EDT 2007
I am so sorry Mia Culpa!
I was covering writing several articles tonight and
had a computer glitch along with a brain freeze.
I lost something in the process. What I should have
said was:
"Ringwoodite" a mineral and is the spinel polymorph of
olivine.
"Maskelynite" is not a mineral but a glass derived
from feldspars that have been shock melted.
"Smectite" also not a mineral, is a broad term
covering the mostly clay substance (e.g feldspar
weathering products)in terrestrial slickensides.
I suspect that the material in slickensides from
meteorites will also fall under the classification
smectite.
Thanks for paying attention!
Elton
--- dellenit at aon.at wrote:
> Hi Elton,
>
> you are right with the slickensides. But some
> comments on Maskelynite:
> It is NOT from olivine ! it is a glassy mineral
> which has a composition of plagioclase feldspar. It
> results from quenching from shock induced melt !
> ref:
>
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc99/pdf/5047.pdf
>
> Harald
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