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halite in Monahans
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- From: Peter Abrahams <telscope@europa.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 23:43:23 -0700
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>> The most likely origin for the halite is brines,
> I got to thinking about where such aqueous alteration might occur. The
>only place that I know of in the solar system that has salt water that halite
>might precipitate out of is the Earth. Then the September issue of
Astronomy
>magazine came in the mail...much to my suprize, on page 32 is an artical
>describing how the've found evidance of salt deposits on Europa!
When I posted a summation of these abstracts, I edited them considerably.
Gibson, et. al., said in full:
"The most likely paragenesis for the halite is from asteroidal brines. If
this origin is correct, then fluid inclusions may be present within the
salt crystals."
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Peter Abrahams telscope@europa.com
the history of the telescope, the microscope,
and the prism binocular
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