Re: [meteorite-list] Anomolous Aluminum Object's..
Hi Kevin, I believe, from looking at your photos that you have found what I call aluminum 'nuggets'. These are the result of an aluminum beer or soda can being thrown into a fire. I find then all the time when metal detecting on the fresh water beaches in Eastern Washington. Pat --- kevin decker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Hello,can anybody help me figure out what these are?..They remind me of some tektites..I found these in Florida..Thank's..Kevin W.Decker. - Find just what you're after with the new, more precise MSN Search - try it now! __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Anomolous Aluminum Object's..
You could easily melt aluminium in a fire, it melts at about 660 degrees celsius. I've seen blobs like this after a small cabin with aluminium roof burned down. You don't tell us the size of it but I can't believe it is residues from the space shuttle SRB:s as someone else suggested. The aluminium in the rocket fuel is burned and ends up as alumina, releasing energy. I would guess aluminium cans in a camp fire or something else made by man. Regards, Göran kevin decker wrote: Hello,can anybody help me figure out what these are?..They remind me of some tektites..I found these in Florida..Thank's..Kevin W.Decker. Find just what you're after with the new, more precise MSN Search - try it now! http://g.msn.com/8HMBENUS/2731??PS=47575 __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Anomolous Aluminum Object's..
Hi, Kevin, They're molten blobs. I assume they're aluminum from the title of your post. Tektites either show high velocity aerodynamic sculpture or are layered. These are just blobs. Not knowing the circumstances of their finding doesn't help but blobs of melted aluminum could result from any number of human activities. IF they fell from the sky, then my guess would be that somewhere there's a plane engine in trouble. It's worth noting that Nininger got a COPPER meteorite from the man who witnessed its fall, which fall was in all particulars like a meteorite fall. It turned out, upon chemical analysis, to be the completely melted remains of an aircraft engine bearing (always check your oil before you take off). Sterling K. Webb - - Original Message - From: kevin decker To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 8:16 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Anomolous Aluminum Object's.. Hello,can anybody help me figure out what these are?..They remind me of some tektites..I found these in Florida..Thank's..Kevin W.Decker. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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Thank You sterling!!..That may be just what they are!..Zephyrhills is due west of Cape Canaveral..Been there..used to watch the liftoff's from our house..and the highest hill in town!..And indeed if that's what they are?..they would be a cool souvenir! Will this reply go to the list?..Kevin w.Decker. --- From: Sterling K. Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: kevin decker Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Anomolous Aluminum Object's.. Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 21:58:33 -0500 Hi, Kevin, Now that you tell me that they are composed of aluminum particles and since I looked up Zephyrhills on a map, I suggest that they are from the solid rocket boosters for the Shuttle. From NASA's web site: The propellant mixture in each SRB motor consists of an ammonium perchlorate (oxidizer, 69.6 percent by weight), aluminum (fuel, 16 percent), iron oxide (a catalyst, 0.4 percent), a polymer (a binder that holds the mixture together, 12.04 percent), and an epoxy curing agent (1.96 percent). The propellant is an 11-point star- shaped perforation in the forward motor segment and a double- truncated- cone perforation in each of the aft segments and aft closure. This configuration provides high thrust at ignition and then reduces the thrust by approximately a third 50 seconds after lift-off to prevent overstressing the vehicle during maximum dynamic pressure. And of course they would be melted and have traveled at a high speed and all the rest of it. If that's what they are, they make a pretty neat souvenir, even if they aren't tektites! Sterling --- __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Anomolous Aluminum Object's..
Hi, Kevin, Now that you tell me that they are composed of aluminum particles and since I looked up Zephyrhills on a map, I suggest that they are from the solid rocket boosters for the Shuttle. From NASA's web site: The propellant mixture in each SRB motor consists of an ammonium perchlorate (oxidizer, 69.6 percent by weight), aluminum (fuel, 16 percent), iron oxide (a catalyst, 0.4 percent), a polymer (a binder that holds the mixture together, 12.04 percent), and an epoxy curing agent (1.96 percent). The propellant is an 11-point star- shaped perforation in the forward motor segment and a double- truncated- cone perforation in each of the aft segments and aft closure. This configuration provides high thrust at ignition and then reduces the thrust by approximately a third 50 seconds after lift-off to prevent overstressing the vehicle during maximum dynamic pressure. And of course they would be melted and have traveled at a high speed and all the rest of it. If that's what they are, they make a pretty neat souvenir, even if they aren't tektites! Sterling --- - Original Message - From: kevin decker To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 8:22 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Anomolous Aluminum Object's.. Thank You Sterling, I don't know the circumstances of they're origin..I do know I found them in about a 3 foot suare area in Zephyrhills FL..I do know what they look like under the Microscope,They are made up of tiny irregular shaped pieces of aluminum?..that look like river cobbles.except microscopic.rounded cobbles..not sharp,or broken..know what I mean?..then on the outside are molten looking.they get odder,there is what appear's to be a crust?..along with tiny regmaglypt's..lipover's..blob's of molten sand?..very interesting under the microscope!..beat's me..rocket part's from an exploded rocket?..all I know is, they do appear to have come through the atmosphere at a high rate of speed. Kevin W. Decker.P.S..I just received a tektite from Thailand that look's just like the largest one's outline..and just about the same size..person called it a spatula tektite. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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From: "Sterling K. Webb" [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: "kevin decker" [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Anomolous Aluminum Object's..Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 21:58:33 -0500 Hi, Kevin, Now that you tell me that they are composed of aluminum particles and since I looked up Zephyrhills on a map, I suggest that they are from the solid rocket boosters for the Shuttle. From NASA's web site: The propellant mixture in each SRB motor consists of an ammonium perchlorate (oxidizer, 69.6 percent by weight), aluminum (fuel, 16 percent), iron oxide (a catalyst, 0.4 percent), a polymer (a binder that holds the mixture together, 12.04 percent), and an epoxy curing agent (1.96 percent). The propellant is an 11-point star- shaped perforation in the forward motor segment and a double- truncated- cone perforation in each of the aft segments and aft closure. This configuration provides high thrust at ignition and then reduces the thrust by approximately a third 50 seconds after lift-off to prevent overstressing the vehicle during maximum dynamic pressure. And of course they would be melted and have traveled at a high speed and all the rest of it. If that's what they are, they make a pretty neat souvenir, even if they aren't tektites! Sterling --- - Original Message - From: kevin decker To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 8:22 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Anomolous Aluminum Object's.. Thank You Sterling,I don't know the circumstances of they're origin..I do know I found them in about a 3 foot suare area in Zephyrhills FL..I do know what they look like under the Microscope,They are made up of tiny irregular shaped pieces of aluminum?..that look like river cobbles.except microscopic.rounded cobbles..not sharp,or broken..know what I mean?..then on the outside are "molten" looking.they get odder,there is what appear's to be a crust?..along with tiny regmaglypt's..lipover's..blob's of molten sand?..very interesting under the microscope!..beat's me..rocket part's from an exploded rocket?..all I know is,they do appear to have come through the atmosphere at a high rate of speed.Kevin W. Decker. P.S..I just received a tektite from Thailand that look's just like the largest one's outline..and just about the same size..person called it a spatula tektite. From:"Sterling K. Webb" [EMAIL PROTECTED]To:"kevin decker" [EMAIL PROTECTED],Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.comSubject:Re: [meteorite-list] Anomolous Aluminum Object's..Date:Tue, 25 Apr 2006 19:53:41 -0500Hi, Kevin,They're molten blobs. I assume they're aluminum fromthe title of your post. Tektites either show high velocityaerodynamic sculpture or are layered. These are justblobs. Not knowing the circumstances of their finding doesn'thelp but blobs of melted aluminum could result from anynumber of human activities. IF they fell from the sky, thenmy guess would be that somewhere there's a plane enginein trouble. It's worth noting that Nininger got a COPPERmeteorite from the man who witnessed its fall, which fallwas in all particulars like a meteorite fall. It turned out, uponchemical analysis, to be the completely melted remainsof an aircraft engine bearing (always check your oil beforeyou take off).Sterling K. Webb-- Original Message - From: kevin deckerTo: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.comSent: Monday, April 24, 2006 8:16 PMSubject: [meteorite-list] Anomolous Aluminum Object's..Hello,can anybody help me figure out what these are?..They remind me of some tektites..I found these in Florida..Thank's..Kevin W.Decker. Join the new Messenger beta now Join the new Messenger beta now __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
