[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - February24, 2010

[Darryl Pitt]

Norbert is exactly correct.  I regret I neglected to mention this in  
the pic of the day description.  The tiny vugs have been previously  
described on a couple of occasions and to do so again seemed  
superfluous.  Apologies.

d,



On Feb 24, 2010, at 1:06 PM, Norbert Classen wrote:

> Hi Adam, Greg, and All,
>
> I'm no expert when it comes to iron meteorites, but could these  
> "voids"
> represent troilite nodules or other phases which have been weathered  
> out of
> the specimen by the same forces that created the ziggurat  
> structures? Just
> think of the exterior parts of Mundrabilla and its "voids" and  
> "vugs" which
> are also weathered out troilite nodules and no primary features...
>
> Just my two cents,
> Norbert
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>
> HI Adam and List,
>
> This is a fascinating specimen.  Surely it represents a previously- 
> unknown
> parent body.
>
> While the presence of vugs/vesicles suggests the specimen was not  
> formed in
> a vacuum, maybe there was some gases present during the formation.
>
> For example, suppose a large comet slammed into a predominately-iron
> asteroid.  Comets contain large volumes of material that can  
> sublimate, and
> maybe during the collision, some of this gaseous material injected  
> into the
> iron body.  The heat and/or shock resulting from the collision  
> provided
> inroads for the cometary material by expanding existing fissures or  
> faults.
> Then the intermingled material rapidly cooled, forming the vesicles  
> we see
> now.  The massive shock and/or heating would also wipe out the native
> widmanstatten pattern present in the iron body, leaving behind an
> ataxite-like mass without the typical crystallization  
> patterns......???
>
> Then this curious mass fell to Earth and experienced weathering/ 
> alteration
> to provide the strange external appearance we see now.
>
> Or, to play devil's advocate, perhaps this is a very atypical type of
> industrial slag unlike any seen before.   Is there any industry
> present in the area where this mass was found?
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
>
> On 2/24/10, Adam Hupe <raremeteorites at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Very interesting, what are voids (vesicles) doing in an iron
>> meteorite?  I have only heard of sparse vugs found in one iron before
>> and thought vesicles would most certainly disqualify an object from
>> being an iron meteorite.  Has cosmic ray exposure testing been done?
>> It would be interesting to see how long this object has been in  
>> space.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Adam
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Michael Johnson <michael at rocksfromspace.org>
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>> February 24, 2010
>>
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