Re: [meteorite-list] On Stretch Tektites

2007-02-02 Thread Norm Lehrman
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 ess

[meteorite-list] On Stretch Tektites

2007-02-01 Thread Email from Chinaren76
Hi listees, On tektites, especially unusual tektites, for example, stretch tektites, i have several questions. 1. what's the definition of stretch tektites from the points of science? 2. How were the stretch tektites created? 3. How many are there the known stretch tektites found by meteorite/tekt