[meteorite-list] Lightening glass was Question for Ted ?

[Gary Fujihara]

Aloha Elton,

> Also recently there was a NWA recovered which had small fragments apparently 
> embedded in a black glass on one side suggesting that a swarm of fragments 
> drafting the larger mass inside its slipstream. The swarm caught up to it and 
> adhered to the fused pool of material on the downwind side of the stone.  What 
> has become of that recovery?  Anyone formally researching it?

Not sure about that particular NWA, but I have a Gao with larger ʻhitchhikersʻ that probably formed in similar fashion:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=31098342&l=d4a6c14f0c&id=1394318075

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=31098343&l=36dee321b8&id=1394318075

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=31098344&l=88131bdec0&id=1394318075

Gary Fujihara
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