So, the final consensus is that the material is terrestrial (agate / cryptocrystalline quartz) and not a tektite.
Mendy Ouzillou >________________________________ > From: Bob Loeffler <[email protected]> >To: 'Meteorite List' <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 12:08 PM >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Possible Tektite > > >Yes, definitely agate (which is cryptocrystalline quartz). I've seen lots >of it. > >Bob L. > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dennis >Miller >Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 8:44 AM >To: Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum >Cc: Meteorite List >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Possible Tektite > > >Agate! > > >Sent from my iPhone > >> On Oct 29, 2013, at 8:11 AM, "Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum" ><[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Someone brought this into the museum for an ID. It looks sort of like a >tektite. It doesn't really look like any slag glass that I've seen. No find >location was given. Any tektite experts have an opinion? >> >> >http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x177/cyphor79/June2011/2013-10-27008_zps0 >3ffc3d1.jpg >> >http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x177/cyphor79/June2011/2013-10-27007_zps7 >cb05a26.jpg >> >http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x177/cyphor79/June2011/2013-10-27006_zps7 >50db031.jpg >> >http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x177/cyphor79/June2011/2013-10-27005_zps5 >cded8cd.jpg >> >http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x177/cyphor79/June2011/2013-10-27004_zps0 >7aa10ea.jpg >> >http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x177/cyphor79/June2011/2013-10-27002_zps1 >0c0ab1c.jpg >> >http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x177/cyphor79/June2011/2013-10-27001_zpsa >797a7da.jpg >> >> >> Phil Whitmer >> Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >______________________________________________ > >Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >Meteorite-list mailing list >[email protected] >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > >----- >No virus found in this message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 2014.0.4158 / Virus Database: 3615/6789 - Release Date: 10/28/13 > > >______________________________________________ > >Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >Meteorite-list mailing list >[email protected] >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
