Re: [meteorite-list] Question for Ted Bunch?

2010-07-25 Thread Steve Dunklee
Since it is not glass from quartz would it still be called lechatelierite? Or would there be another name for it? Other than fulgarite ? Cheers! Steve __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteo

Re: [meteorite-list] Question for Ted Bunch?

2010-07-25 Thread Michael Fowler
Lightning strikes, which are especially common on mountain peaks, or other tree less high standing rock outcrops. Mike Fowler Chicago ebay-starsandrocks > Can a volcano or earth quake squeeze surface rock so hard it causes it to > bleed glass? And then throw it in the air with enough force to

[meteorite-list] Question for Ted Bunch?

2010-07-25 Thread Steve Dunklee
Can a volcano or earth quake squeeze surface rock so hard it causes it to bleed glass? And then throw it in the air with enough force to cause the glass to form a dendritic pattern? On one side of the rock? The rock is white and looks like anorthosite. The surface of the rock is peach colored an