Here's a big fish story for you all; About ten years ago I was visiting a mineral shop inside a park in china and they had a football (American football) shaped tektite slightly larger than a football. I was quite sure it was a tektite and not slag nor obsidian. Must've massed about 8-12 kilos. It was priced at the equivalent of $700 USD, but back then I didn't appreciate meteorites and tektites and thus I ignored it. Only recently did I realize the importance of it, oh well.
-Yinan On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 7:28 AM, Aubrey Whymark <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > Still seeking the new owner of a possible world record breaking tektite which > came to light on 07 February 2011 in Paracale, Philippines. Very keen to know > the true weight as the weight given by dealers here can be highly misleading. > Certainly in the 900g to 1,250g range though and the weight estimate could > well be realistic. You can let me know anonymously if you like - off-list. > For the record the heaviest Philippinite is 1,070.54g and the heaviest of all > tektites (excluding Muong Nong-type layered impactites) is either 1,070.54g > (as above) or possibly a 1,200g Indochinite (shape is right, but might be a > rolled/water worn Muong Nong-type). > > Also, I will be giving a presentation on tektites at Rizal Technological > University on Boni Avenue in Mandaluyong, Manila, Philippines. It will be in > the new building - Astronomy Centre at 9am (yes, very early) on Saturday 19th > February. All welcome I am told. > > Regards, Aubrey Whymark > www.tektites.co.uk > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
