Everyone,
We just got word that Hal Povenmire passed away last week atage 80. Hal was
the undisputed authorityon Georgia tektites and author of many related books.
He was discoverer of the Upsilon PegasidMeteor Shower. He is honored by
thenaming of asteroids “(12753) Povenmire” and
it's been offered for
sale. I have only 22 pieces, so act quickly if interested.
I am considering getting the painting printed up on canvas. Let me know if you
might be interested in purchasing a print.
See the new material at http://www.tektitesource.com/
Cheers,
Norm Lehrman
!.htm
Please do let me know if any of you are aware of anything like this.
Cheers,
Norm Lehrman
TektiteSource.com
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To: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 8:58 PM
Subject
All,
We scored seven of Alain Carion's Ivory Coast tektites. If you didn't make it
to Tucson, here's your chance of a lifetime. We also picked up a fine
selection of Locenice moldavites that rival Besednice for sheer beauty. Check
out our new pages at www. tektitesource.com. Lots more good
...@att.net
To: Paul Gessler cetu...@shaw.ca
Cc: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Wed, March 6, 2013 6:46:40 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] SHATTERCONES in TATAHOUINE
Hi Paul and List,
We were discussing this in Tucson with Norm Lehrman at the IMCA dinner. I have
taken some pictures
All,
We're still working through the Tucson backlog, but we've posted a bunch of
inventory updates and new pages. Besednices, LDG, Henbury scoria, Zhamanshin
glass, Philippinites, Arizonaites, and heaps more coming daily. We have some
great new Sikhote and Taza bullets still to post, kilos
All,
We're back from Tucson and busy going through the hoard. I found a couple of
surprises in the 2 kgs of little NWA individuals we cherry-picked. Please have
a look and see if my thumbprinted, glossy piece of basalt strikes you as
something that fell from the sky--- or not.
Shawn, why wait for Tucson? It's already on Fleabay, and remarkably cheap!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Beauty-Martian-meteorite-very-rare-/130833898794?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item1e764edd2a
This has become the dumping grounds for the absurd. How sad!
Norm
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nlehr...@nvbell.net
Date: Friday, January 18, 2013, 11:51 PM
That listing should have been put
under croprolite.
Mendy Ouzillou
On Jan 18, 2013, at 8:16 PM, Shawn Alan photoph...@yahoo.com
wrote:
Norm
HAHAHAHAHAHA too fun, I wish It was that cheap
List,
Dozens of reports are coming in regarding an extremely loud bang, bright light,
and visible fragmentation about 6:30 this morning. Observers say it passed
over
Spokane NW to SE and the thunder followed the fireball about 30 seconds
later. My wife and dog were started by the sound at
Here's a link to local news:
http://www.khq.com/story/20562952/what-was-that-bright-light-in-the-sky
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To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Fri, January 11, 2013 10:17:00 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Breaking news
All,
I have finally finished adding remarkable new Bediasites to our site, some of
them truly world-class. Also be sure to check out the Javanite page.
Cheers,
Norm
www.tektitesource.com
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Aleksandr,
I have spent time in Navoi, Uzbekistan, and have a specimen of that (or very
similar) glass. Mine came from a site near Daugistau. There is an interesting
story that goes with it. During the 1960s there was a rash of reported UFO
sightings in that region. During that period,
Adam/Michael,
For sure. Truly, remarkably black.
Norm
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From: Michael Blood mlbl...@cox.net
To: John Lutzon j...@lutzon.com
Cc: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Tue, November 20, 2012 7:02:17 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Sneak Peek to -
Greg all,
Whew! That is really bad news. I was beginning to think Jenniskens was a good
guy.
What would his Sutter's Mill database look like if we eliminated all but the
academics? Rogue private meteorite hunters made it happen. So sad.
Jenniskens, if you are reading this, let's hear
Sonny all,
I've had some experience with trail cams. What you did is unethical. I see
the
signs of baiting in that guy's eyes. You sprinkled unclassified NWA dust in
front of the camera. That ain't right. That poor bugger was caught by unfair
chase.
None-the-less, it's only right
From: Norm Lehrman nlehr...@nvbell.net
To: Jim Wooddell jimwoodd...@gmail.com; Meteorite List
meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Monday, October 1, 2012 5:12 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New BLM regs: Tempest in a teacup?
Jim all,
Commercial users always had
restates old policy.
Norm
- Original Message
From: Count Deiro countde...@earthlink.net
To: Norm Lehrman nlehr...@nvbell.net; Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Sun, September 30, 2012 10:17:23 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New BLM regs: Tempest in a teacup?
Sorry Norm. Your
! No permit? Didn't know this land was restricted? Gimme that! Here! Take
this citation!
Guido
-Original Message-
From: Norm Lehrman nlehr...@nvbell.net
Sent: Sep 30, 2012 8:17 PM
To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Subject: [meteorite-list] New BLM regs: Tempest in a teacup?
All,
I
All,
I have been following this thread with great confusion, and maybe there IS
something I don't understand. Meteorite collecting has previously fallen under
the general rules of rockhounding, and the new changes merely formalize a
specific policy that is no great change from the past rules.
All,
I just attempted to email the individual who acquired the Futrell
estate tektite
collection on behalf of a new museum, but the email I have no longer works.
The
museum is apparently still under development and doesn't seem to have a website
as yet, but it will be located in the 34
Jim,
This is square in the middle of my life as a gold exploration geo. There is no
fancy creative math involved with this one. Carefully determined the volume of
the rock. If the matrix is primarily quartz, multiply the volume in cc by 2.65
gm/cc to find what the rock should weigh without
All,
In a continuing quest to get caught up with the Tektite Source website after
our
multiple-year absence, I have just completed a completely new Dakhleh Glass
page
with a decent write-up, references, and a nice selection of specimens. Please
have a look. There's quite a fun story of a
All,
We shouldn't miss the really big picture here. Congratulatiuons to all
involved
for a truly positive article. Collectors/dealers have a symbiotic relationship
with academics/scientists! We on this list understand that, but this may be
the
first journalist in history to get it right.
,
Norm
www.TektiteSource.com
- Original Message
From: Norm Lehrman nlehr...@nvbell.net
To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Mon, March 19, 2012 4:49:20 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Ad: New Dakhleh Glass website page
All,
In a continuing quest to get caught up with the Tektite
hardly
anything new for him (an opinion which I share as well!).
Cheers,
Norm Lehrman
www.TektiteSource.com
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Yes, these are very common in dry areas where ranchers must construct stock
ponds.
Regards,
Norm
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From: Rich Murray rmfor...@gmail.com
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; michael barron mhbar...@gmail.com;
Rich Murray rmfor...@gmail.com; Rich Murray
List,
This is getting totally out of hand. Did any of you catch this press release?
“NASA officials are demanding the return of the mission shoulder patch that
Bruce Willis sent back to Billy Bob Thornton in the 1998 film Armageddon.
While
acknowledging that this was just a film, NASA claims
All,
I work with a hand-held Niton XRF on a regular basis, and they are amazing
machines if one recognizes their proper applications and limitations. The
first
limitation is that they can't measure anything lighter than sodium (or more
realistically, sulfur) unless you buy a super expensive
the coarse pyroxene crystals. A
question for those more knowledgeable than I on impact cratering: could these
shattercones have formed during the event that ejected the material from its
source crater or are they artifacts of earlier impacts in the same location?
Best regards,
Norm Lehrman
crater or are they artifacts of earlier impacts in the same location?
Best regards,
Norm Lehrman
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All,
I fear this thread may be counter-productive for any that are just getting
started in the search for meteorites. The glacier angle is, in this case, thin
ice. First, Antarctica is a very special case: in general glacial moraines
are
an absolutely horrible place to look. I'm with
of expanding
that find into multiple finds is greatly reduced, not enhanced.
Cheers,
Norm
www.tektitesource.com
- Original Message
From: Count Deiro countde...@earthlink.net
To: Norm Lehrman nlehr...@nvbell.net; Dave Myers whitefalcons...@yahoo.com
Cc: meteorite-list
All,
This is an interesting question with important nuances. I am one that does
leave many sold items pictured (but I do endeavor to marke them sold ASAP).
Here's why I do it: The items we sell, each and every one of them, are
unique.
It is not like listing a particular stock item that was
All,
There are a couple of key issues regarding flanged aussie buttons. First, the
big money has always been for Port Campbell Victoria specimens which somehow
seem always bright, fresh, and pristine. All the others are in another league.
For years I have offered specimens from anywhere
Sorry, I was typing in the dark and hit a button that sent the message before I
was done.
The one on Ebay is significantly over-priced. For $1800, I think I can still
source a flawless specimen. With the rim chips, I would not pay $1000, but
times are certainly changing. They haven't made
Bill,
Thanks. Your post warmed my heart, (even here in Africa 2 degrees south of the
very hot humid meteorite-destroying equator!). Welcome! You are our kind of
person.
And to all of you that made Tucson and West, TX, thanks for your posts. They
hurt very very bad/good. We missed both so
Doug,
Thanks for your story. And Mike F., you've been great. You can't know how
envious we are, patiently waiting at our post for something to shatter on the
atmosphere over east Africa. Just hearing your stories and knowing you guys
and picturing the search in our minds makes us feel like
of completely unknown integrity. The
front-line collectors have a vested interest in keeping their localities secret.
Best regards to all,
Norm Lehrman
(tektitesource.com)
--- On Fri, 2/13/09, drtanuki drtan...@yahoo.com wrote:
From: drtanuki drtan...@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Bogus
All,
The material pictured is just an iron oxy-hydroxide mixture (limonite works
okay) that occurs naturally in lateritic soils. It is quite common on tektites
from some localities. If you want to clean it, just soak the tektite in HCl
for a week or two. It will then be easily picked or
Eduardo,
Several years ago I was told that the Campo strewn field overlaps the boundary
into an adjacent province (Santiago del Estero?) which at that time had no laws
regulating export. Hence, there was said to be a legal source outside of Chaco.
Is this incorrect?
Thanks,
Norm
--- On
Michael list,
Greetings from Tanzania! Sorry to be so out of touch, but electricity and
internet service are both pretty insecure here.
Michael, K-Ar and Ar40/Ar39 techniques are not limited to volcanic rocks.
Anything containing potassium (certainly including tektites) can work. There
Sean all,
This is whipping a dead horse, but I hate to see
confusion perpetuated any more than it needs to be.
You wrote The vast majority agrees they [tektites]are
of cosmic origin-- Surely you mistakenly left out
the NOT? Or maybe you use the word cosmic to
include everything in the cosmos,
Mike,
I'm not aware of any LDG that retains preserved
external primary skin, so we don't even know what
morphology or skin LDG may have once had. What you
see now is mostly the result of desert sand-blasting
by saltating sand grains. It can look oriented, and
indeed it is, but with respect to
Billy,
That remark just dropped you below your point of
reference. How absurd!
Norm
--- Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Whoopdeedo. Thought it was steve for a second there.
Bill
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To:
Sterling all,
You are excessively kind with your reasoned comments.
When someone says But the people that found
difficulty with such a composition, in my view, simply
had an inability in grasp that some things
in heaven and earth are literally beyond the powers of
human understanding.
Michael,
This may be heresy, but the broad rounded grooves and
tiny pits look Muong-Nongy to me. 3 kilos is a
MONSTERous departure from any splashform known. Give
it a close look. Not all Muong Nongs are
conspicuously layered---
I betting Muong Nong.
Cheers,
Norm
http://Tektitesource.com
List,
Sorry if this is a bit off-topic, but I've had a bunch
of (mostly) off-list questions about what I do that
gets us transferred to places like Africa.
I'm an exploration geologist, now working mainly with
gold, employed by a big gold company. I've got 39+
years in the field and have worked
Anne, Sterling, Zelimir all,
Hal Povenmire has a nice tabulation in his book
Tektites: a Cosmic Enigma (2003).
Here are a few additions from that list:
Bohemian moldavites: 500 gms (Sorry Anne; not a
contender)
Moravian moldavites: 265.5 gms
Java: 750 gms
Georgia: 70.5 gms
Bediasites: 200.8 gms
of responsibility
will extend from Lake Victoria around the Serengeti to
Kilimanjaro with coaching functions for the rest of
the continent. Hopefully there'll be some
opportunities to push the meteorite envelope a bit---
Cheers,
Norm Lehrman
http://Tektitesource.com
Michael all,
Here's a quick successful hunt story for you. I was
headed home from a project in rural Nevada about a
week ago and had a few hours to spare, so I dropped in
on a dry lake near the road home.
In two hours I had about 20 small fragments but huge
dust devils were circling me like
All,
The same guy tried to sell me an achondrite earlier
today:
Hi,
I'm Bob Frankline an American resident presently on a
volunteer mission
at the Shisong Catholic Hospital(NW) of Cameroon,and
an ardent lover of meteorites.I have a NWA
achondrite(ahow), weighs 735g for sale.It was
found in
Mike list,
If I take your machined and polished like flat
wording literally, I don't think I've ever seen
anything (natural) where I would use such words. Maybe
yours are machined and polished. Feel free to send me
some photos of what you are talking about.
The elongate hollows are likely the
Jerry list,
I didn't see the program (nor will I since we kicked
out the TV over 30 years ago---), so I'm not
completely qualified to respond. But quite often, I
see solved mysteries kept alive and milked well beyond
their expiration date.
With the discovery of the Kebir crater in exactly
Steve,
What a superb collection! The list may give you a bad
time, but no one can doubt your enthusiasm. Congrats
on a magnificent effort. Credit where it is due!
Regards,
Norm
http://tektitesource.com
--- steve arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Good evening list.I see the list is running
Ken and all,
How embarassing for geologists everywhere and another
general downer for serious meteorite people. This
stuff is frustrating and sad. I hate seeing people
ripped off.
My bristles go up everytime someone says: I know it's
real 'cause I had a geologist look at it---
As a career
,
hematitic, ochre, or yellows present. Thank you for
the interest.
Very curious reply (in my opinion) when looking at
the red interior of
the photos.
Best,
Ken
Norm Lehrman wrote:
Ken and all,
How embarassing for geologists everywhere and
another
general downer for serious
this and restoring the
credibility of geologist
worldwide (or until the next non-List geologist
deems an obvious 'wrong'
to be a genuine meteorite :)
Best,
ken
Norm Lehrman wrote:
Ken and list,
This image:
http://i7.ebayimg.com/02/i/000/94/59/e4ce_3.JPG
looks highly silicous, which could
Armando , Bernd, all,
Porphyritic is a textural term. In terrestrial
igneous rocks it results from multiple-stage cooling,
but I see no reason why you can't run it backwards
with incomplete melting. If olivine is the common
phenocryst phase, this would make sense in that it has
an extremely
Gary,
I've been on the road and am a little late, but I'll
add another vote: You are Wy off base. Just
relax, get to know everybody, and listen more than you
talk.
This time, you're not a scapegoat. You're just
getting very well earned strong reactions--- Paul and
Jim were offering
Robert and all,
My story is a little twisted and includes some good
educational insights.
As a field geologist, I saw everyone's curiosity
rocks. I skipped work to go visit meteorite (wannabe)
craters that suddenly appeared in fields.
My first quality meteorwrong was a big hunk of the
Jerry,
A superb and exemplary contribution to the list! A
great story, informative, and exactly on-topic. The
links were a great touch. Thanks and well done.
I still have my first (central Nevada) find, and will
be keeping it till my last rock moves on. It likely
will be the last rock to go.
Mark list,
Tatahouine is an exception to the bigger costs less
per gram pattern. Due to the large crystal size in
this material and the well-developed cleavages of
pyroxene, Tatahouine shattered when it hit the
atmosphere. Small bits dominate, biggerr pieces are
rare. As a consequence, there
Mike all,
That did look like a winner, but too bad about the
crumby documentation. The seller didn't seem very
interested in providing anything but platitudes. The
caliche crusts were right for eastern Oregon.
Cheers,
Norm
--- Mike Fowler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi List,
Did any of you
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-Ursprüngliche Nachricht-
Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Im Auftrag von Norm
Lehrman
Gesendet: Samstag, 17. Februar 2007 23:11
An: Mike Fowler; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Cc: Mike Fowler
Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Eastern Oregon
Meteorite on Ebay
Mike all
Gang,
It'll be fun to see who can type fastest when it is
posted with a $0.01 Buy-it-now!!
Regarding the fusion crust, I have been shopping for a
nice Tatahouine, and I have been surprised at how many
little fragments actually do have tiny patches of
fusion crust. It's mostly at a hand-lens
List,
Just a brief note to temper recent topics. I made a
deal a while back to trade for a tektite from a deep
jungle location. My contact had never attempted an
international shipment before, so I agreed to send my
part of the trade first. Both of us were nervous
whether it would make it
Rockbiter list,
I enjoyed your write-up. I've always viewed the
magnet as a tool to test things seen by the eye
rather than a collecting tool, but you've made your
point well.
Recently en route to Tucson, I spent a day in the
Arizona desert. There are rainwater collection and
dispensing
Ma Lan List,
Stretch tektites are specimens that partly broke and
bent after the skin had become brittle, but while the
interior was still semi-molten and taffy-like.
As commonly used, the term does not include
starburst-ray skin splits even though their
interpretation and significance is
Gang,
I just posted a page on our website with pics of some
of our Tucson acquisitions that will be of interest to
some of you. Its biased towards tektites, but includes
some NWAs and a Sikhote. Be sure to check out the
little shatter cone we found in a box of NWAs.
Sonny,
Waaay to go!!!
Regards,
Norm
(http://TektiteSource.com
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
After spending about two hours of hunting I found
a 34 gram fragment
from an old weathered chondrite. The magnet jumped
to it like a piece
of steel. I spent about an hour walking
Gary Foote,
Just in case you don't get it, this is about you. You
are spamming the list. Real questions? Great.
Informative answers? Even better. Chit-chat? Fine,
OFF list. There are over 600 of us. What if everyone
posts something without content to every post? We do
appreciate your
Thanks for the better picture Adam. From the random
abrasions and percussion pits, it looks like a
fragment from some heavy equipment part that self
destructed, then got run over for a few months on a
hard surface. How it came to fall out of the sky is a
mystery though. Maybe it got stuck in
Graham,
With heightened airport security, you may have trouble
with carry-ons. I tried bringing a couple of good
sized Campo del Cielo irons in that way. No problems
in Argentina or Chile, but when I hit the USA they
caused great consternation. The security screeners
couldn't find anything
Ruben,
Congratulations on a truly amazing couple of weeks!!
Most collectors dream of finding ONE in their
lifetime. It is inspiring to see what can happen when
you get out there with enough knowledge to recognize a
keeper when you see it. Make no mistake, it's not
easy, but when preparation
Michael,
Nothing in your photos looks remotely suspicious.
Most look to be stream-rounded quartzite pebbles.
Disseminated magnetite is the likely culprit.
Some of today's magnets are just too good. I've put
away my big hard-drive monster that will pull nails
out of fences and opted for a
Johnny,
Moody Blues, circa 1969:
First Man: I think, I think I am, therefore I am, I
think.
Establishment: Of course you are my bright little
star,
I've miles
And miles
Of files
Pretty files of your forefather's fruit
Elton and all,
Well said. I too have been holding back on this
subject, but I agree strongly that to send a certain
meteor-wrong in to be examined by our small and
over-taxed group of classifiers is unconscionable.
The vision rock is a nice rock and has value as a
landscape boulder. Most of
Thomas,
Take heart. Almost a year? Try never. The last
piece I sent to UCLA they claim to never have received
even though people visiting the lab asked about it and
were told probable preliminary classifications. Now
they want a second piece?
Can anyone help me get the kick me sticker off my
List,
Here's a heads up on something kind of neat. A few
days ago I stopped at my favorite central Nevada dry
lake and collected several specimens complete with the
dessicated lake bed surface in which they were
embedded.
I just posted the first one to ebay. See it at:
List,
I just received several nice big 0.5 - 1 kg stony NWAs
(unclassified). One of them shows distinct magnetic
polarity. One face repells the magnet.
Is that common? Any particular significance?
regards,
Norm
http://tektitesource.com
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List,
I've built a new page offering some specimens of the
controversial bubble blisters or impact welded
tektites featured by Paul Harris in the current
Meteorite Times Tektite of the Month column. Be
sure to check the MetTimes archive for an earlier
column in the March 2003 issue.
I have
Paul,
I tried to send this off list, but the email link
doesn't work.
With all due respect, you are selling an idea as fact.
Ideas are fun and should be unconstrained. But don't
present them as done deals. I have dozens of
specimens of this sort. They are so uniform that they
cannot be the
Susan et al,
I agree. And you've gotta give that baby a little
credit too!
Just kidding,
Norm
(http://tektitesource.com)
--- batkol [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i don't think i've ever seen a cuter meteorite on
this page . . . . take
care
susan
- Original Message -
From:
Mark list,
About five years ago, as Cookie and I were helping our
main Chinese supplier unpack at Tucson we found a
couple of dozen like you have pictured. The
coloration is a surface patina like Carnival Glass.
We never determined how it formed, but I have seen
similar patinas developed on
Dirk,
As I wrote earlier, I have seen this patina on old
ghost town bottles that have been through a fire.
There IS some connection. Perhaps the common ground
between our comments is that wood ash is strongly
alkaline. I remember my grandma leaching ashes to get
lye to make soap. Perhaps the
Gary,
That's just a thin translucent septum. What you are
seeing is the normal transmitted light color of most
australasians. You can only see it along thin edges
or where there's a shallow internal bubble.
Regards,
Norm
http://tektitesource.com
--- Gary K. Foote [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi
Greg all,
Nice specimens.
Just a minor side point: the term is slickensides
for the striated, movement-polished surface itself, or
slickensided for a rock showing slickensides. Your
version is a common, but erroneous, transliteration.
Cheers,
Norm
http://tektitesource.com
--- Greg Hupe
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--- Pete Pete [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi, Norm all,
There are meteorites with slickenside?!
It would have to be Martian, then, right?
Cheers,
Pete
From: Norm Lehrman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Greg Hupe
[EMAIL PROTECTED],meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re
List,
Czech out
http://tektitesource.com/taffy_cored_tektites.html
This is a gorgeous new stretch tektite from Chlum.
I've never heard of any others. There is a chance
that it is the first and only example of its kind! If
any of you know of any other stretch Moldavites,
please let me know.
Sonny list,
My stats are not going to be what people want to hear.
I have been collecting rocks, fossils, and artifacts
since I could walk. I have been a continuously active
exploration geologist for 35 years. I have been
looking at the ground in front of me with something of
a trained eye
Bernd list,
This is indeed exciting, and may finally justify LDG
being recognized as a true tektite rather than a
simple impactite.
Although the article doesn't give us much for location
beyond at the northern tip of the Gilf Kebir region,
that's close enough, as the LDG strewn field is
Doug,
Good points all, but if you want to raise the
water/purity issue, you can't dodge the Muong Nong
issue. (The best answer is that they shouldn't be
called tektites, BUT, they ARE so called by all
authorities).
With LDG, it can be reasonably argued that
flight-related morphology has been
Doug,
I do enjoy your contributions. Always stimulating.
I have no fundamental disagreements. Just a few
hair-splitting points.
Re: the partial pressures in Australasian bubbles. It
has been argued that our numbers are bogus. As
atmospheric water is absorbed into the hydrating
tektite
Göran all,
I don't understand the chemistry involved, but I have
personally used a concentrated sodium hydroxide bath
to remove rust from very rusty Campos. It took weeks,
but scales of rust just kept detaching untill the
bottom of the pail was a centimeter deep in rust
flakes. I did do a
List,
If you, like me, are one of the chosen, you'll be
receiving another edition of Göran Lindfors' extreme
lunar fakes spam about now. Please forward several
copies of his message back to him. As I recall, we
shut down his mailbox for a few days the last time.
He seems to be a slow learner.
Sterling,
Thanks for posting this series! One question though:
Item #5: It would also appear that no one tried
breaking a specimen of each, as the fracture
morphology of each differs.
In what way? I've never tried breaking specimens, but
I've seen plently of broken ones and have never
Gary,
No one has bothered to explain it because it doesn't
happen. What do you smoke just before you see this
phenomenon?
Regards,
Norm
http://TektiteSource.com
--- Gary K. Foote [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I can't seem to fnid an explanation online anywhere.
Gary
List,
With all the talk about oriented stones, I thought I'd
get some great new strongly flight-oriented Sikhote
Alin bullets posted.
Check out the Sikhote Alin page at
http://TektiteSource.com
I'll be posting these to ebay over the next few
months, but they are available from the website
Sterling,
I too got drawn into tektites by the mystery. They
often tell their individual stories plainly, but we
still can't get the big picture out of them!
One comment on your comments though. Tektites
(australites) ARE very often emu gizzard stones. In
the dry lakes where they are most
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