Tom & all, Tektites are now almost universally viewed as far-traveled impactites, mainly terrestrial material "splashed" by meteorite impacts. Some meteoritic components may be incorporated into the glass. Mysteries remain as to why only a few impacts are known to have created tektites, and we're still missing the biggest source crater of all.
There also remain important unanswered issues raised by the old guard Lunar eruption or Lunar impact folks (O'keefe, Futrell, and friends). While they used these issues to argue against terrestrial impact origin, the arguments can just as well be used to illustrate imperfections in our understanding of the conditions and processes involved in tektite-producing terrestrial impacts. The Lunar theories have been greatly damaged by hard evidence from the moon landings. Huge, convoluted subject, but that's the short answer--- Norm Lehrman (http://tektitesource.com) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom aka James Knudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "meteorite-list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 6:15 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Tektites? > Hello Good List, What is the number one theory out right now of where > Tektites came from? > Thanks, Tom > Peregrineflier <>< > The proudest member of the IMCA 6168 > > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
