fusion crust

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fusion crust [′fyü·zhən ‚krəst]

(geology)

A thin, glassy coating, usually black and rerely more than 1 millimeter thick, which is formed by ablation on the surface of a meteorite.

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No references found			I had no doubt about my rock's extraterrestrial origin: its dark black fusion crust stood out prominently among the dead crops. The hunt for extraterrestrials: what I found in a Saskatchewan ... by Tait, Kim / ROM Magazine Recovered and analysed after the return, the Pilbara sample was found to be covered with a creamy-white fusion crust about half a millimetre (0. Meteorite experiment deals blow to 'bugs from space' theory by AFP / AFP Global Edition The result is a glassy fusion crust that is about a millimetre thick. SO WAS IT A METEOR THAT HIT FAMILY'S CARAVAN? by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)			fusibility fusible alloy Fusible Alloys fusible link fusible metal fusible plug fusible resistor fusible solder fusible switch fusible tape fusible-element sprinkler fusicoccin Fusicoccum amygdali fusiform fusiform bacillus fusiform initial cell Fusil Fusilier fusimotoneuron fusing fusing disk fusinite fusinization Fusion fusion bomb fusion crust fusion face fusion frequency Fusion FTMS fusion fuel fusion nucleus fusion piercing fusion point fusion reactor fusion splice fusion tube fusion weapon fusion welding fusion zone fusion-piercing drill fusospirochetosis Fuss, Nikolai Fuss, Nikolai Ivanovich Fuss, Pavel Fuss, Pavel Nikolaevich Füssli, Johann Heinrich fust Fust, Johann Fustel de Coulanges, Numa Denis fustian Fustic			fusion fusion fusion fusion fusion Fusion (oil company) Fusion (oil company) Fusion and Correlation Processor Fusion Arts Exchange Fusion Authority Quarterly Update fusion beat fusion beat fusion beat fusion beat Fusion Block System fusion bomb fusion bomb fusion bombs fusion bombs Fusion bonded epoxy Fusion Bonded Epoxy Coated Rebars Fusion Bonded Epoxy Coated Reinforcement Fusion bonded epoxy coating Fusion Call Control Signaling Fusion center Fusion center Fusion Client Platform Fusion Controller Hub fusion cooking Fusion Cross N fusion crust Fusion Data Management Fusion Energy Advisory Committee Fusion Energy Engineering Laboratory Fusion Energy Research Program Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee Fusion Engineering Device Fusion Explorer Scout Unit fusion face Fusion File Transfer Management System Fusion for Energy fusion frequency Fusion FTMS fusion fuel Fusion Gun, Man-Portable Fusion horizontal Fusion Ignition Research Experiment fusion imaging fusion inhibitor Fusion Integral Nuclear Experiments Strategy Study Effort Fusion Jonah Lomu Fusion Management Services Fusion Material Irradiation Facility Fusion Material Microstructural Analysis Facility Fusion Materials Irradiation Test Facility

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