[meteorite-list] searching for the correct terminology

[Mexicodoug]

Hi Darren,

"So an eroded meteorite should be said to have a nuded matrix..."

Not any more than an open window should be said to be defenestrated :)

It would just be nude matrix if you wanted to say it that way, as 
denude is the verb; nude is the adjective. Webbman would probably say 
de- can mean to liberate, as in "deliver".

I just mentioned "denuded matrix" to contrast with the original 
question of calling it a "denuded meteorite", since "de-crusting" 
meteorites leaves the nude matrix, not the nude meteorite, as 
meteoroids are already denuded by ablation IMO. English has lots of 
great ways to express simple ideas; also thought Randy's and Chris's 
posts were also superb technical answers.

I still think calling them whatever makes sense at the time: sheared, 
shucked, ripped or stripped for want of a simple adjective on a hot day 
in the field has its place - not in the literature (though crust can 
look like paint and paint is "stripped")... but under many popular 
circumstances as are also used on the List.

Time to go back and look at some new chondrules
- or should we say freshly shucked Pearls from Space -

Best wishes,
Doug

PS, "Eroded" doesn't do it for me, as eroded meteorites can have plenty 
of crust.





-----Original Message-----
From: Darren Garrison <cynapse at charter.net>
To: Mexicodoug <mexicodoug at aim.com>
Cc: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Fri, Sep 11, 2009 2:42 pm
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] searching for the correct terminology



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?)
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