From: "Sterling K. Webb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "kevin decker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Anomolous Aluminum Object's..
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 21:58:33 -0500
Hi, Kevin,Now that you tell me that they are composed ofaluminum particles and since I looked up Zephyrhillson a map, I suggest that they are from the solid rocketboosters for the Shuttle.From NASA's web site:The propellant mixture in each SRB motor consists of an ammonium perchlorate (oxidizer, 69.6 percent by weight), aluminum (fuel, 16 percent), iron oxide (a catalyst, 0.4 percent), a polymer (a binder that holds the mixture together, 12.04 percent), and an epoxy curing agent (1.96 percent). The propellant is an 11-point star- shaped perforation in the forward motor segment and a double- truncated- cone perforation in each of the aft segments and aft closure. This configuration provides high thrust at ignition and then reduces the thrust by approximately a third 50 seconds after lift-off to prevent overstressing the vehicle during maximum dynamic pressure.And of course they would be melted and have traveledat a high speed and all the rest of it. If that's what they are,they make a pretty neat souvenir, even if they aren't tektites!Sterling-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Original Message -----From: kevin deckerSent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 8:22 PMSubject: Re: [meteorite-list] Anomolous Aluminum Object's..Thank You Sterling,
I don't know the circumstances of they're origin..I do know I found them in about a 3 foot suare area in Zephyrhills FL..I do know what they look like under the Microscope,They are made up of tiny irregular shaped pieces of aluminum?..that look like river cobbles.except microscopic.rounded cobbles..not sharp,or broken..know what I mean?..then on the outside are "molten" looking.they get odder,there is what appear's to be a crust?..along with tiny regmaglypt's..lipover's..blob's of molten sand?..very interesting under the microscope!..beat's me..rocket part's from an exploded rocket?..all I know is, they do appear to have come through the atmosphere at a high rate of speed.
Kevin W. Decker. P.S..I just received a tektite from Thailand that look's just like the largest one's outline..and just about the same size..person called it a spatula tektite.
From: "Sterling K. Webb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "kevin decker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Anomolous Aluminum Object's..
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 19:53:41 -0500
>Hi, Kevin,
>
> They're molten blobs. I assume they're aluminum from
>the title of your post. Tektites either show high velocity
>aerodynamic sculpture or are layered. These are just
>blobs. Not knowing the circumstances of their finding doesn't
>help but blobs of melted aluminum could result from any
>number of human activities. IF they fell from the sky, then
>my guess would be that somewhere there's a plane engine
>in trouble. It's worth noting that Nininger got a COPPER
>meteorite from the man who witnessed its fall, which fall
>was in all particulars like a meteorite fall. It turned out, upon
>chemical analysis, to be the completely melted remains
>of an aircraft engine bearing (always check your oil before
>you take off).
>
>
>Sterling K. Webb
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>----- Original Message ----- From: kevin decker
>To: [email protected]
>Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 8:16 PM
>Subject: [meteorite-list] Anomolous Aluminum Object's..
>
>
>
>Hello,can anybody help me figure out what these are?..They remind me
>of some tektites..I found these in Florida..Thank's..Kevin W.Decker.
>
>
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