These "symplectites" look just like fluid/gas inclusions that you get forming ladders in all sorts of minerals that have been fractured, where the fractures are partially healed, in the presence of a fluid. -- Prof. John D. Clemens Executive Head Dept of Geology, Geography & Environmental Studies University of Stellenbosch Private Bag X1, 7602 Matieland, South Africa phone: +27 (0)21 808 3159 fax: +27 (0)21 808 3129 http://www.sun.ac.za/geo/people/clemens_e.htm <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Our passions cannot alter the facts, only hide them from us. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>