Re: Glass bombs - part 2 of 3

[almitt <almitt@kconline.com>]

> 1. Introduction
>
> H.H. Nininger (1954) described small glassy, porous bombs, found in the
> rubble at the rim of                  the Arizona Meteor Crater. He
> realized that they were distinctly different from the volcanic cinders
> which are scattered over the surrounding plains and concluded that they
> were formed asproducts          of rock fusion by the meteoritic impact.
> He called these bodies"impactite slags.

Bernd and all,

I have a scan of some of the material that Nininger found on a card if you
wish to see the image let me know and I'll send the small file on to you in
Jpeg unless other request is made.

--AL

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References:

• Glass bombs - part 2 of 3
• From: Bernd Pauli HD <bernd.pauli@lehrer1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>

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