Me thinks we are stretching the definition and/or
conventional use of the term strewn field. A single
stone-2-3 stones do not a strewn field make unless
there is compelling evidence that there was a wide
spread peppering of stones.
We are talking meteorite showers here. Park Forest,
Allende,
--- E.P. Grondine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The problem still remains what caused sufficient
number of atoms of the same type to be in the same
place at the same time to produce the crystals and
glasses observed.
I think crystal formation in a fluid preceded the
choundrule formation. Seems
As to identifying minerals through photographs let me
mention... this is why God created thin sections and
polarizing microscopesand as man came to better
understanding the micro probe was given unto him(Grin)
There are no CAI's that I see in this specimen.
Someone has some great CAI photos
I know a guy that knows a guy that works the graveyard
shift at a planetarium... How much were you looking
to pay?
BTW what kind of hacksaw blade works best on iron?
Elton
--- Mike Bandli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am looking for an etched part slice of the
Willamette meteorite. Something
Ok Meteorite Trivia Buffs...Wasn't there a meteorite
recovered which had been nesstled into the lining of a
penguin nest(sic) or other species of sea bird?
Elton
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--- MARK BOSTICK [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was wondering on the chromium aspect. I
know some of you are better geology people then me,
but wouldn't that be an emerald?
Chromium is one of the trace elements responsible for
the green color in both diopside and emerald.
Basic Diopside is
Go to image zoom under view in the menu and reduce it
to 75%, This Will expose the caption text. I
accidentally found that in Firefox, the image floats
over the caption and you can see the text by resizing
the image.
I can't seem to make any image zoom settings
permanent.
Elton
--- Michael L
There is a name for this Rusty Rock condition which
veterans of collecting know as Lawrencite disease.
Lawrencite is the mineral Iron/Nickel Chloride
(Fe,Ni)Cl2. In fact Lawrencite's type classification
location was a Georgia USA Meteorite. Drying out a
meteorite isn't an complete answer because
iron in distileld degassed water, seal it and
it would form a thin rind of Iron Oxide but remain
pristine for decades.
Elton
--- Mr EMan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In fact Lawrencite's type
classification location was a Georgia USA Meteorite
For the terrestrial phase, minerals-in-meteorites
collector here are links to lawrencite and
akaganeite. There is even a printable collection card
at the bottom of each description.(as are taenite and
kamacite under their descriptions)
Akaganeite:
http://webmineral.com/data/Akaganeite.shtml
For the terrestrial phase, minerals-in-meteorites
collector here are links to lawrencite and
akaganeite. There is even a printable collection card
at the bottom of each description.(as are taenite and
kamacite under their descriptions)
Akaganeite:
http://webmineral.com/data/Akaganeite.shtml
Ok the gates of hell apparently have frozen over, I
am stepping up to remind the membership that rules are
rules and while I have violated them myself there is a
prohibition against posting personal attacks, and we
are in round 4 of the present one. Please take it off
list else temper the
Jim, I think this is critical for the list as many of
us are preparing for our next expeditions. Thank you
for volunteering to do this for the group. Please
put aside your other chores and start searching. Can
you get this posted by next week since Christmas is
right around the corner???
--- Charlie Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Here are the 2 photos I posted last week, should
anyone care to comment based on photos alone:
Yeah I'll bite. The photos don't exclude this from
being a meteorite and the empty depressions might be
missing condrules. This doesn't look like an iron.
That is my assessment!
Some guys have all the luck.
Please let us know the results.
Elton
--- M come Meteorite Meteorites
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello
a my friend have give to me this item for analyzed.
He
have buy in a mineral shop years ago. In the label
its
write arrive from
--- mark ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
talk about complete misconception after misconception!
Now show me where you can buy a 700GBq Po-210 source
(without any'questions asked') and I will be worried,
until then...
PssstMark c'mere
Opening rain coat to expose a shop's worth of trinkets
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think i smell fish.
Yeppers! shil-fish
And why are these Nantans and Campos only found in
museum quality? Where are the common ones?
Elton
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...NO you are NOT sorry or you would STOP it. I am
tiring of hearing you say you are sorry then go ahead
and do it anyway.
Look...don't bother to say you are sorry or mention
the nay sayers, don't explain why you think you
should be exempt from self discipline, self restraint,
or limits on ads
Here is a suggestion for Helping an Illinois-based
Meteorite dealer-non-dealer-collector-non-collector
whatever. Steve are you listening?
Try this to reduce your SALES posts. Find an
alternative pass time like cooking...
A Good Starter recipe.
Print out for Reference:
Alphabet keyboard soup
Good Question, Mark:
Hap McSween author of Meteorites and their Parent
Bodies and Department head at the UNIV of
[EMAIL PROTECTED] did calculations for maximum and
minimum sizes at launch that allowed a Martian
meteorite to arrive on the ground. It had to be small
enough to not flash melt at
Hello Steve, Listoids,
These are the terms describing the composition of
meteorite breccias not just Eucrites. Poly means
plural-- or many, and mono means single. In a
monomict all the clasts are of the same type and class
(i.e. Lithologies). Meaning they came from a single
parent body. In a
OK... a sanity check here. If it screams meteorwrong
why list it in the collection of meteorites with the
caption Possible lunar??? Such speculation cloaked
in ??? is a disservice to novices who happen upon
the photo when Googling and use that caption to
justify their meteorwrongs.
Maybe it
I am in agreement with Martin. This is a myth that we
shouldn't allow to perpetuate on the list. An
Iron/siderite my have an original ablation surface, as
well as flow characteristics but won't have a fusion
crust. There are many reasons I won't go into about
why iron doesn't have the
--- Rick Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was under the impression they would rust away and
simply dismissed hunting underwater. (SNIP)Im just a
rookie Meteorite hunter and new to the list, but have
been working on the bottom for 37 years.
Sorry to hear of your extended submerssion just
How so?
Elton
--- Gerald Flaherty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Interesting hypothesis.
Jerry Flaherty
- Original Message -
From: mckinney trammell
To: Rick Davis ;
Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 10:19 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list]
-
From: Mr EMan
How so?
Elton
--- Gerald Flaherty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Interesting hypothesis.
Jerry Flaherty
- Original Message -
From: mckinney trammell
the metal-based ones probably would not be
worth an air fill. but the carbon ones should be
water
--- abdelfattah gharrad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
if there were a resemblance of some criteria of
certain meteorites with terrestrial rocks(basalt).
the meteorites had the same processes of fusion and
crystallization like the magmatic and volcanic
rocks?
Abdel.
While there are differences
--- Gary K. Foote [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As I do not know who Mr. DeRusse is I don't think
this applies to me.
If oone wants to play with the big boys and girls
meteoritically speaking one needs to know the
material. This is yet another Meteorite 101 (ok maybe
201) subject one should
Problem is David they failed to map the entire field
-- just the lake and they didn't recover all the
mapped fragments, or so I am lead to believe. I think
there were less than 6 plots on land( all adjacent to
the shore) out of what 300? plots on the lake surface.
Yes perhaps we can project the
I believe that this is a seismometer package--pretty
sure by the grid in the background. The silver package
on the left was a plutonium based(?) thermocouple
powersupply(complete with an insulating blanket). I
believe I read that the experiment is still
transmitting.
The streak ...well any Star
There isn't enough information to reach a conclusion.
The original masses and how they were assembled prior
to fragmentation are missing values and presently
beyond valid modeling.
However, interesting observation.
Eman
--- Thaddeus Besedin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Polujamki and
Why do we keep speaking of fusion crust on iron
meteorites?
Eman
WNBC-TV here in N.Y. showed a clip of the rock
yesterday, no fusion crust that I could see.
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Number 1: I believe this is an issue between YOU and
EBAY in accordance with the Ebay standard practice and
terms of service agreement.
Number 2: ... It is too overwhelming to put into words
so this will have to suffice. Where do you get off
complaining about a lack of honesty and integrity?
128 hours...
Ah ummm I believe there are several on ebay just
now.
--- steve arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello list.Are there any small,30 to 50 gram
complete
individuals forsale?I have not seen any.
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The Sardis Stone in Georgia is also a paleo meteorite
well Paleo find I believe there is a smidgen of iron
within the 12-20ft(?) diameter shale ball.
Elton
--- stan . [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
what about lake murray? wasnt that dug out from
solid limestone 100ft deep
or so?
Under this NomCom guideline NWA2828 isn't relict as
it is hardly altered and should be referred to as a
paleo meteorite. (Note:If this gets too drawn out all
meteoritic material is paleo as most is 4.5 billion
years old). However, paleo is a best choice of the
three proposed terms.
My take on
Someone wrote:
...recovered recently after falling had been
beautifully fusion crusted, ...(snip)
Why anyone should doubt the existence of fusion crust
on a freshly fallen iron is beyond me - have a look at
Cabin Creek if you want proof that it still forms on
smallish irons falling at terminal
Hello Listoids, Svend
--- Dr. Svend Buhl [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:... I do not agree that the Glossary of
Geology of the American Geological Institute is a
sound reference for nomenclature and terminology of
meteorites.
GIST: For those that don't want to read the details, I
am asserting that even
I defined glass in a previous post specifically as
that which is formed from fuseing/melting silicates.
Which is closest to your thrid definition of glassy.
This isn't a discussion of commercial applications of
glass or philosophical ones. You missed the point of
this whole arguement that
Thanks for a cogent answer to my comments, Matthias.
We are in violent AGREEMENT. I fear now that I will
soon be the dead messenger beating the dead horse on
this simple issue.
I didn't select the term glassy for my argument. I
pointed out that it was quoted from the web site's
definition and
U What part of silicated irons may form a fusion
crust from my first post did you miss?
(GEEZEEE It feels like I am defending my thesis
all over again)
Regards,
Elton
--- Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi List
It occurs to me that many silicated irons exist.
So, if it walks like a
I am in search of a specimen of the Ries offset
Jurassic age, belemnites. (Or other examples of shock
affected fossils from elsewhere) OR, if you have a
publishable photo of said specimens.
If anyone has a specimen for sale or trade AND I am
still inside the Brotherhood-- please contact me off
Greetings Bernd, Mike, List:
--- tett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How can you tell the difference between kamacite and
taenite? Does the crystal structure give it away?
So far as I can remember...
Taenite (79.19 % Fe 20.81 % Ni) aka gamma-iron
and
kamacite (89.54 % Fe 10.46 % Ni)aka
Dear Jerry, Why do you say WOW!? just WOW? I enjoy
a good discussion like everyone else so imagine my
disappointment in opening posts that just say Wow or
Cool or Gosh... It is better to interact like this is
a message board and not a chat room, in my opinion. If
we all do so it will knock my
Thank you Steve Have a good trip remember the Natural
History Museum in London and their meteorite exhibit.
We'll be looking forward to bidding on the Tatahounie
when you return.
Unfortunately, you'll still be here to endure the
thrashing the Bears will receive from Peyton. But
don't let that
WOW Dave! that seems to be a complete euhedral crystal
Is that a spinel, magnetite, chromite? Regardless
perfect crystal growth like this in a meteorite is
ultrarare.
Is this one of the pyroxene bearing pallasites?
Inquiring minds.
Really interesting piece, Congratulations.
Elton
--- Dave
Many fireballs have a green hue and that is from
atmospheric oxygen as determined through spectral
analysis of meteors.
Copper abundance in meteorites is rare. I used to
think the green was probably from nickel.
Elton
--- Gary K. Foote [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Those are the only two
Pre 9/11 we were privy to fireball trajectory data
from the US Air Force. They have satellites staring
earthward for detecting launches and reentry. That
resource hasn't been mentioned in a long time and I've
misplaced the site URL.
I seem to recall that a list member was our liaison
for
No, looks like an H-- apparent chondrules visible in
photo.
Elton
--- Gary K. Foote [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anyone have an opinion? Mesosiderite or not?
http://www.meteorite-dealers.com/images/mesosiderite.jpg
Gary
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As to the question of why mesosiderites don't contain
chondrules...
Mesosiderites are almost identical chemically. So much
so, we believe they came from a single incident; that
being the collision of two asteroids, at least one of
them (if not both) was differentiated to the
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The CV3 chondrite Grosnaja contains sodium
phlogopite, a phyllosilicate
Well if this is so, a long standing factoid in the
world of meteorites falls with this finding: Mica
does not occur in meteorites.
Seems some meteorites DO contain mica, and a mineral
CD's found on and around the rim of Meteor Crater
were subjected to much greater pressures than the
fragments which fell off the swarm such as those found
in Canyon Diablo. The explanation I was given was
that the pressure was sufficient to convert some of
the graphite into diamonds. These can
Hello Tom, List,
In the for what its worth category, the degree of
fluorescence in feldspar chondrules is the means for
defining the intermediate grades within the 3 grades,(
e.g 3.1, 3.2 , etc.) I don't know what wavelength is
the standard for that examination. If you've the
fluorscent
DUH, e hummm My Bad!
more Google less off the cuff, more Google less off
the cuff---I think I have it now.
Eman
--- Jeff Grossman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Actually, the property that is used to determine the
petrologic types of chondrites is thermoluminescence
(TL), not fluorescence.
Point of information, the IMCA doesn't vouch for nor
authenticate meteorites--the SELLER does and, when you
get down to stats that is the pretty much the way for
98% of ebay auctions.
Bill, Do I detect from your snide wording that no one
will nominate you for membership?
Elton
--- Bill [EMAIL
Still unclear is why scores of residents
reported falling ill shortly
after the crater's discovery, but researchers say it
could have been psychosomatic.
In one report I read that this event excavated several
carcasses of live stock which had been buried on the
very spot. Havening been
Hello Sterling,
I am separated from my files so the exact
figures/dates etc. are from memory. The gist is, I
was studying a glacial anomaly in Northeastern
Pennsylvania along State Rt.33 at the junction of
US209 near the village of Sciota. Perched atop a high
ridge/cliff is the remnant of a
Hello Graham,List and-- Expeditionary Members,
wherever you are
It is an easy mistake in the broad scheme of things
but the striation features in these photos are not
shock veins but slickensides. Slickensides are the
slippage surfaces of micro/macro faults where each
side is ground down in
Hello Listoids and Listoid Emeritus Bernd
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes, no chance under such circumstances. The Kirin
(Jilin) meteorite main mass was found at a depth of
almost six meters and this was only possible because
the ground (loessal clay) was still almost frozen ...
quite unlike
Having received some request for more online map
information, here are some tips for locating free on
line maps.(Primarily USA). The good news is that
there is a federal program to publish digital products
online that will provide complete national coverage.
The bad news is that it is a federal
I am so sorry Mia Culpa!
I was covering writing several articles tonight and
had a computer glitch along with a brain freeze.
I lost something in the process. What I should have
said was:
Ringwoodite a mineral and is the spinel polymorph of
olivine.
Maskelynite is not a mineral but a glass
As to the mention of dense atmosphere, doesn't 90% of
the mass of the atmosphere lie below 2.5 miles above
sea level/asl?
I surmise that the shear(no pun) height of the ground
there with the combination of a large meteoroid mass
may have allowed for more retention of cosmic velocity
then
Is this the Pete Pete that came to this list
pretending to be two different people using two
different email addresses? You know the one defending
the name of him which shall not be said here( Hint
:Gao)? The one who tipped his hand when he replied to
a personal email to his pretend address
As to what Rob has raised--I did see several
chondrules in the photos. This looks much like the
friable L;s we have seen and contains slickensides
which would tend to make it a monomyct breccia.
However these large metal blebs are intriguing and
might make this an anomalous stone. I didn't see
Hello Graham, Bernd, list
While there is no technical definition of a shock
vein so far as I know, it is in wide use and I hold
it to be a version of a healed fracture; healed by
the 1) injection or accumulation of adjacent wall melt
where the filling material has an origin in high
pressure, high
--- Darren Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
it has especially fine shock veins that
branch like a little lightning bolt in the stone.
Another distinction is that a filled fracture aka
shock vein will be the same on each side--showing
matching halves of any feature it transects. A
Hey Steve You've been PUNKED!!
You are correctamundo!! You've caught us red faced.
psst...Steve, it was all a setup and you've been
punk'd! You, Mike, and Matteo were the only ones on
the list that weren't in on it...te he he. It was Mike
that we were trying to punk-- We thought he had far
Steve Arnold (Chicago) wrote:
...one of the most beautiful and oriented meteorites that I have
ever seen.
OK... I'll bite-- Steve? how is this oriented?
You've been collecting how many years?
It may have flow features, the photos are fairly dark, but how do you
justify calling this
That isn't what I asked, and for the record I did say it was an
attractive specimen.
I asked you, Steve how it was oriented?-- not who said it was
oriented. I'd like to be the judge on that based on your
description/defense of your claim. I am still waiting for you to
describe what features of
How much did you pay for it Steve?
Elton
--- steve arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello again list.Well I guess better late than
never.It is not very big,but at the price it's going
at, 1.18 grams,it is better than not having any.I
just got my piece from mike blood.A very nice but
How much did you pay for it Steve?
Elton
--- steve arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello again list.Well I guess better late than
never.It is not very big,but at the price it's going
at, 1.18 grams,it is better than not having any.I
just got my piece from mike blood.A very nice but
if it was Steve, youself
or anybody else. I would feel the same- it is how I
was raised.
It is not in our business to ask- especially
copying a public forum in front of everyone where he
is open for ridicule.
Mike
--- Mr EMan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Then Steve is free to decline
Ditto, Tom! The claim of any crust at all is misused! The crust
proper has long since ablated away by wind action and the smooth
surface is being called xx.x% fusion crust. What remains are the
questions: is this done through ignorance or is it willful exaggeration
to garner sales? If
Well... Well My take... This looks like a duel
So duelly speaking, Andi, it was you who fired the first volley with
your scathing attack with what you later renounced as your mistakes.
Were this a duel you fired into Ed's back before even throwing down the
glove.
Ed, you've already been
To test for exclusion, that is to exclude this from being a meteorite,
my take is to determine the Specific Gravity ranges of Irons and the
range for Ataxites. Conduct a SpGr analysis on the specimen. I would
use distilled water given that it has been exposed already but if one
chooses not to,
Steve you say that several People talked you out of selling it???
Oh.I seeGosh I was so wrong on that one. I thought that you
canceled the auction just because the bid hadn't gotten over $181. I
am so delighted that you cleared that up for us.
Are any of those that you talked to about
Hello All,
I believe Occum's Razor would suggest that any C14 spikes associated
with impacts are more likely from enrichment while the asteroid is in
orbit.
As was mentioned previously, the C14 enriched region is concentrated at
the asteroid's exterior which in turn is the material shed into
There is no evidence-- direct or inferred-- that the trace of the
eastern shoreline of North America is impact influenced. While much of
what you relate is sequentially correct it co-mingles 700+ million
years of geological history into a related event. The Connecticut
River Valley is a rift
Doesn't SOUND like a bolide. It sounds like NOTHING as in NO SOUND
was reported ergo, it fails to meet the criteria for bolide.
The report of lights turning into flames is very weak evidence of a
meteor entry.
These UFO reports rarely talk about sounds such as sonic booms even
thought they
Just to jump on the me too bandwagon, I have a clean
pentagonal-shaped cavity in a small Gao I got from Al Lang 8 years ago.
The cavity is at least 10mm across and as deep. I was hoping I could
keep going through Al's stash to find the missing crystal but nada.
The shape is distinctly sided as
Just when you thought it was safe again to walk in the rain
http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/080122_red-rain.htm
Eman
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Return of Son of sSteve now showing... sigh...
MrEman
Deja vue all over again...Yogi Berra
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Hi all,
I'm giving away another meteorite. I'll be giving away a very nice
NWA 869 nicely fusion crusted
Greetings Listoids,
Anyone have a count for the number of confirmed fossil/ paleo
meteorites thus far identified?
Elton
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I believe there is a cluster of falls in late Febuary and also in mid
to late April but I am relying on memory and did this research 10
years ago.
Be it remembered that 3:pm would tend to captuer slower total
velocities comeing away from it's solar pass.
Elton
--- chris aubeck [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How do the skeptics know that the attack will come from below and not
from above?
Eman
Thinking outdside the box
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Very nice selections, Mike.
My favorite there is The cutie IQTY. This is a unique and often under
appreciated stone. Worth a visit alone to see this uniquely structured
stone.
Regards,
Elton
--- Mike Bandli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Good Evening,
I have added some exceptional specimens to
Ok would someone that believes this is an accurate caption please
defend it.
Sean Northover, a student at Kennesaw Mountain High School,
confirming the weight of a fresh, ORIENTED 32.6 kg
chondrite???
http://www.rocksfromspace.org/March_4_2008.html This is too early
for April 1st.
To let bad
So as to not even broach a flame war should any of the parties be
reading ergo actual identities will not be revealed.
This broad issues are accuracy in descriptions and do we hold
self-proclaimed dealers to a higher standard of knowledge. The narrow
issue is when are weathered chunks of stuff
Agreed and put far better than I, Darryl-- and that was the point to my
post-- not attacking anyone and definitely not attacking anyone in
particular. When oriented is unquantified then anything and
everything could be oriented. I can't download the Dave sent me but I
am comfortable that he did
Hello E.P--It was more dynamic than a single disruption. If I recall,
there were 14-17(?) or more major explosive disruptions. Each should
have produced a separate swarm of fragments. Be it remembered that ALL
fragments born of these swarms were shrapnel-shaped if but for an
instant before
I have to respectfully disagree Doug. I'd agree more with you had I not
witnessed it myself. I believe there might be an unconsidered chemical
source to drive an explosion.
The Maryville Bolide(1983), which I was lucky to observe may have been
an aberration from the norm on several levels( e.g.
This is an AD-- sort of-- but I am looking for a service, someone with
experience and time to try to save my pallasite and iron specimens from
Lawrencite Infestation.
When I was upended and rolled over in the August accident (Re; New
Strewn Filed in PA) my various collections were jumbled, many
humm ever think of just RENTING specimens?
Seeing that some collectors buy meteorites one week
and are selling them the next, I am offering a rental
/recycling service for meteorite specimens. This way
your collection can be ever changing without all the
hassle of telling your wife that you
Sure! I can sell you some of the vesicles from my
Ibitera for US$66.66 Shipped.
Anyone read Merchant of Venicem lately?
Elton
--- Gerald Flaherty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Looking for small slice [under $100) of ibitera with
vesicles apparent. Am
I dreaming?
Thanks
Jerry Flaherty
In the auction link below there are a parcel of highly
spherical rocks, which were probably shaped
mechanically over time--naturally or otherwise. Not by
asteroidal collision. (Simular stones are formed in
natural potholes-Nature's own sphere grinder)
Looking beyond the assumptions of the
Interesting follow up note as I Google about trying to
visualize the dynamics and avoid broaching the T
word--tektite. The article below speaks of them
being shale kernals which upon falling back into the
melangue over time became chert concretions. I also
noted that one of the affected
A few years back there was a question on the list as
to the possible presence of volcanic rocks in
Midwestern (US) glacial moraines. I presume that this
was to help scope out potential sources of igneous
rocks which might be identified as meteorwrongs.
I asserted then, that there were no
Copper does excite to green however in this case the
source is more likely nickel
Elton
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We are more sensitive to green, that is true, but
does not the emmision of
green spectra in a burning object mean that there is
some form of copper
in it?
CharlyV
I
Welcome back, Walter
I'd like to point out that my original comment was
intended to desuggest copper in favor of nickel. We
who have done blowpipe mineral studies tend to think
in that framework.
Several years ago on my farm outside Ft Benning,
Georgia I saw 2 nearly identical fireballs in the
--- Steve Arnold, Chicago!!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Also like geoff notkin said,my piece came mike farmer
and
has NO,and I mean NO moisture at all.
Not even a speck of drool ? Come on Steve--fess up!
(grin)
Elton
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