Word: granular
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Strange Stuff. The weakness of this theory is that all meteorites should show signs of having solidified from the molten state. Most of them do, but a very few (only three or four) are classified as "granular hexahedrites." They are made of iron and nickel, says La Paz, but the material is not homogenous and crystalline, as it would have to be if it had solidified from a liquid. Instead, the strange material from space is slapped together haphazardly in irregular gobs...
Jackson (Thorn Mtn.)--6-20, 3 inches granular, partly cloudy. Good both trails...
North Conway (Cranmore)--4-20, 1 inch granular, partly cloudy. Fair to good upper, good lower. Icy spots...
Rutland (Pico Peak)--4-15, less than 1 inch forzen granular, cloudy. Both trails poor...
Manchester (Big Bromley)--4-10, less than 1 inch frozen granular, cloudy. No skiing upper, poor to fair lower...