Interesting. Do you remember this Elton Jones? I sent you a box of samples with similar spherules from Chesapeake many, many moons ago and you were waiting for time on the SEM. Still curious. I gave you all of my samples hoping on a response?
Cheers John Cabassi On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 1:52 PM Mendy Ouzillou via Meteorite-list <[email protected]> wrote: > > Byproducts of smelting iron would be more likely. > > Best, > > Mendy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Meteorite-list <[email protected]> On Behalf > Of Zelimir Gabelica via Meteorite-list > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 3:22 PM > To: Korotev, Randy <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Admire spherules > > Hi Randy and all, > > How about the hypothesis that such Fe-rich (?) metallic spherules (from > terrestrial origin) are formed through reduction of metallic magma by carbon > stemming from very old deposits of shales and coals, as e.g. found in > Greenland and elsewhere. > > See this abstract (about DIsko Island Fe-rich deposits in Greenland) where > analyses of selected siderophile elemental ratios had demonstrated that a > meteoritic origin for the metallic iron must be excluded. > > https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00389387 > > See also this series of images of metallic spheruls from other origins and > compare: > > https://www.google.fr/search?q=little+natural+metallic+spherules&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi5jozXmcvgAhXNyKQKHWotBREQsAR6BAgGEAE&biw=1536&bih=792 > > I am not expert, just curious, as such spherules could be easily found upon > panning gold in various rivers... > > Zelimir > > > > ----- Mail original ----- > De: "Korotev, Randy via Meteorite-list" <[email protected]> > À: [email protected] > Envoyé: Mercredi 20 Février 2019 19:10:27 > Objet: [meteorite-list] Admire spherules > > I just received an email from a farmer with an Admire, Kansas, snail-mail > address. He asks: > > "A glass and metal laced boulder on my farm, sets on a pocket of powdered > rock that contains hundreds of spherules per teaspoon of dust. Could this > boulder be a piece of crust from the ill-fated young planet that contained > the Admire pallasite? " > > And he sent a fascinating batch of photos. > > https://www.dropbox.com/sh/18inbz00xzzs28a/AAD5NFY_8Nv829GTmPL0WJJMa?dl=0 > > I don't know the answer to his question. Maybe some of you do. > > Randy Korotev > St. Louis > ______________________________________________ > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the > Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > -- > Zelimir GABELICA > Professeur > > ⟩ Université de Haute-Alsace > ENSCMu, Lab. GSEC > 3, Rue Alfred Werner - F-68093 Mulhouse Cedex Mail : [email protected] > Téléphone : +33 (0)3 8933 6894 > Télécopie : +33 (0)3XX XXX XXX ⟩ Retrouvez l'UHA sur : > Le site Internet : www.uha.fr > Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/uha68 Twitter : @UHA68 > ______________________________________________ > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the > Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the > Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
