Welcome to the game, Doug. Don't confuse tektites with meteorites, because they are quite distinct species. But they seem to have an inter-related history that ends up putting them in many of the same collections.
And you live quite close to a hot-bed of discovery and debate about tektites. Check out the info on the Healdsburg variety. I've been told the best way to find them is walk the rows of a grape vinyard in the spring, after the ground has been tilled, and just after a light rain, when the tektites lie glistening on the surface! Then if you haven't already read up on them, see what the other branches of the tektite family are all about. -- Mike http://sonoma-dspace.calstate.edu/bitstream/handle/10211.1/1643/erickson_AGU%20poster%20Fall%202012.pdf?sequence=1 http://science.kqed.org/quest/2012/12/13/help-find-the-healdsburg-tektites/ Message: 3 Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2014 10:37:27 -0800 From: "Douglas Chenin, DDS" <[email protected]> Subject: [meteorite-list] hunting in northern CA? To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Hello everyone, I'm new to meteorite hunting and would like to find some place to roam around near me. I live in northern CA near San Francisco. Does anybody know of any sites around here that are good for hunting? I'm willing to drive a few hours of course, but it would be great if there was something close by. Are there any strewnfields close by? or what is the nearest? Thanks! Doug ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
