Armando , Bernd, all,
Porphyritic is a textural term. In terrestrial
igneous rocks it results from multiple-stage cooling,
but I see no reason why you can't run it backwards
with incomplete melting. If olivine is the common
phenocryst phase, this would make sense in that it has
an extremely high melting point. The glass would
reflect the lower melting point silicates, while the
olivine and magnetite remain, yielding a porphyritic
texture.
Cheers,
Norm
(http://TektiteSource.com)
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What can be the reason for this messages to appear
with a delay of 32h? AA
porphyritic? Are you sure? The meteorites cool
down in a single stage, I believe
Hi Armando and List,
No idea why there is such a delay! Furthermore, I do
not know for sure about the
porphyritic thing. This was not my personal
comment but I only quoted from the
article by Genge and Monica Grady. But Dr. Monica
Grady is a List member, so,
time permitting, Dr. Grady might perhaps find some
spare moments to answer your
question much more competently than I ever would be
able to!
Best wishes,
Bernd
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