Hi, Tom,
List member Norm Lehrman's website, The Tektite Source, is not only a great
place to look for tektites (so much cooler than walking the Nullabor Plain!), it
is also a great place to learn about tektites and see some really fine examples:
<http://tektitesource.com/>
Of course, everybody's idea of the ideal collection is different. My
collection is about 25% tektites, but then I'm a tektite nut. First
qualification for inclusion in a "meteorite" collection: they fell from the sky.
Oddly enough, while both meteorites and tektites, as a field of study, enter the
scientific literature in the 1790's, after two centuries, we can say much less
with certainty about tektites than we can about meteorites.
And they also pass the fundamental test of collectability: they are cool...
or neat.. or intriguing... or a puzzle, or whatever slang you want to apply to
that intangible "something" that makes us collect.
Sterling K. Webb
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Tom aka james Knudson wrote:
> Hello List, To show my ignorance I am going to ask a stupid question. my
> meteorite collection is growing very slowly slower than most! One thing I do
> not have is a tektite. Does a tektite have a place in a meteorite
> collection. I have been to busy looking at meteorites and have always
> overlooked the Tektites. Am I missing something. If everyone should have one
> in there collection, what do I look for?
>
> Thanks, Tom
> The proudest member of the I.M.C.A. #6168
>
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