Re: [meteorite-list] Relict (fossil) meteorites

2007-01-06 Thread Matt Morgan
To all who are interested in this: In geology we use the term "weathered" or "altered" for rocks where the *majority* of minerals have been replaced by a weathering product (Fe-oxides, usually, in the case of chondritic meteorites). If the rock is a real basket case we put the word "severely" i

Re: [meteorite-list] Relict (fossil) meteorites

2007-01-06 Thread Jeff Kuyken
-list] Relict (fossil) meteorites In a message dated 1/6/2007 7:21:13 A.M. Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Tom wrote: >Isn't this the first fossil meteorite open to the collector market? Since the new category of relict (or fossil) meteorites was adopted by the Nome

[meteorite-list] Relict (fossil) meteorites

2007-01-06 Thread Impactika
In a message dated 1/6/2007 7:21:13 A.M. Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Tom wrote: >Isn't this the first fossil meteorite open to the collector market? Since the new category of relict (or fossil) meteorites was adopted by the Nomenclature Committee only this past October