[meteorite-list] Lovina / Not Crystals

[Darryl Pitt]

Hi Folks,

One last word here....

While it is tempting to refer to the ziggurat structures atop Lovina  
as crystals, they are not.  (I was corrected when I made this error.)   
These geometric forms are the result of a subtractive weathering  
process on an organized matrix of troilte, a geometry aided by the  
presence of tetrataenite.

Changing subjects but not entirely, I just wrote a pal something I  
would like to share:  while it shouldn't really be this way, it's more  
fun and so much simpler having a common chondrite that hit a car.    ;-)


All the best to everyone / Darryl