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Re: Zhamanshinites

>	The material from the Zhamanshin crater is quite fascinating, some if it
is the finest crater melt I have seen, some of it is very poorly fused and
porous resembling pumice. Much of it is banded yellow and black in strips.
The Irghizites are for a best discription most like small darwin glass they
have the same shapes and bubbly surface. The same dropplet looking ones are
found. It is my understanding from a long time reseacher of the Zhamanshin
crater that there have been found three materials there. Crater melt,
tektite glass and remelted tektite glass. You can contact Paul and I  at
meteorite.com for the material, we have quite a bit if Erick can't find his.
 

Jim Tobin
Thanks for all your very interesting posts Frank, I don;t usually have
anything to say but I'm reading them with delight.






I have been researching Irghizites, when I noticed both 
>Zhamanshinites and Irghizites are from the same crater. They differ by 
>the amount of silca found in them, but are related to each other in many 
>respects. I have also read a few abstracts that describe blue 
>Zhamanshinites, that are supposed to be spectacular.
>	If anybody has a Zhamanshinite, escpecialy a blue one, for sale please  
>let me know, as I am intersted in purchasing this unique glass. If anyone 
>knows where I can get one that information would be appreciated as well. 
>The Russian Academy of Sciences is extremely slow to process these types 
>of requests lately, so any help is greatly appreciated.
>
>Thank you,
>
>Frank Stroik
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