[meteorite-list] searching for the correct terminology

[Darren Garrison]

On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:14:40 -0400, you wrote:

>PS ... denuded matrix would sound perfect to me, or stripped meteorite 

Ah, but wouldn't the prefix "de-" make the word mean "to make no longer nuded"?
So an eroded meteorite should be said to have a nuded matrix...

Okay, kidding.  I know it is a real word (maybe different etymology for the
"de-" prefix?  Is this a job for Webbman?)