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Meteorite: NWA 2058
Classification: H Pseudotachylite S6 W2
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NWA 2058 an H Pseudotachylite  S6  W2
 
Greg Hupe says it best so I will quote him.  "This unique meteorite cannot be subclassed because of extreme mylonitization.  Mylonitization is fusion of crushed rock under high temperature by frictional heating.  In other words, this meteorite was formed by a hypervelocity impact on the surface of an asteroid and cooled within milliseconds as it was ejected out into space.  During the impact event, it was crushed and sheared simultaneously creating subparallel veins in the direction of the material flow connecting the elongated metal-sulfide nodules, talk about odd!  Relic grains show evidence of high strain rates, partially granulated clasts with undulatory extinction, in contrast to shock features.  The matrix consists mostly of recrystallized olivine.  The round objects are not chondrules but are impact melted and quenched metal sulfide."

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