Hi List
On the same link I posted earlier regarding the tektite lamp:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/JHsNghP_3Rcb0QbP9zHr_w?authkey=Gv1sRgCM6XzLrq76-GKQ&feat=directlink
does anyone know what happened to the huge Beyer Philippinite weighing 1,065g
(1,069g on Beyer's scales)? It'd be good to know where this one ended up. Large
tektites are still coming out of Bikol but are very rare. In the last couple of
years (to my knowledge) there have been a few over 700g, maybe 1 over 800g and
none above this. Des and I frequently get reports of 1 kilo tektites but they
always turn out to weigh much less. There may be a few more that are in the
hands of other western/asian foreigners but again the weight is usually much
exaggerated by the sellers who cannot afford scales.
The largest original tektite spheres always fragment (like the other two
irregular specimens shown). Presumably they are thermodynamically unstable
above 1 kilo.
Regards, Aubrey
www.tektites.co.uk
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