Meteoritic hematite work w/Channon Visscher

in Earth and Planetary Sciences (Fegley Group) at WU

Here are a couple of grown fibers...

Here's a darkfield closeup of single fiber illustrating longitudinal defects which may assist the grown process by providing a channel for transport of iron atoms from the base of the fiber to its growing tip.

With results from this work, Channon presented a paper* at the 64th annual meeting of The Meteoritical Society held at the Pontifical Gregorian University of Vatican City 10-14 September 2001. Mr. Visscher was a recipient of a student travel grant made possible by the generous support of the Barringer Crater Company, the Vatican Observatory, and the Meteoritical Society.


* cf. the abstract (which predates the TEM work) entitled "Formation of needles during oxidation of the Gibeon IVa iron meteorite" by C. W. Visscher and B. Fegley Jr., of the Planetary Chemistry Lab, WU-StL, StL MO 63131 (visscher@levee.wustl.edu).