[meteorite-list] Tektites lunar/terrestrial
From: Frank Cressy <fcressy_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:43:30 2004 Message-ID: <001301c10903$550494c0$b731ff3f_at_pavilion> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01C108C8.A76FFBE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Karl, You seem to have leapt into the tektite controversy without the benefit = of a lot of background, instead relying on your gut feeling. A link to a = good background site to start is furnished below: http://www.meteorite.com/tektites/Tekindex.htm Your statement below is nowhere close to being correct or you meant = something else by it . Obviously you have not looked at a thin section = of a shale which is composed of very fine layers of clay minerals, mica, = and organic matter.=20 Hope this is of some help. Regards, Frank tektites are so unlike any other terrestrial rocks and actually are = more similiar in structure to shale than say obsidian...( a common volcanic = glass)... ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01C108C8.A76FFBE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV>Hello Karl,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>You seem to have leapt into the tektite controversy without the = benefit of=20 a lot of background, instead relying on your gut feeling. A link to a = good=20 background site to start is furnished below:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><A=20 href=3D"http://www.meteorite.com/tektites/Tekindex.htm">http://www.meteor= ite.com/tektites/Tekindex.htm</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Your statement below is nowhere close to being correct or = you meant=20 something else by it . Obviously you have not looked at a thin section = of a=20 shale which is composed of very fine layers of clay minerals, mica, and = organic=20 matter. </DIV> <DIV>Hope this is of some help.</DIV> <DIV>Regards,</DIV> <DIV>Frank</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV>tektites are so unlike any other terrestrial rocks and actually = are=20 more</DIV> <DIV>similiar in structure to shale than say obsidian...( a common = volcanic=20 glass)...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01C108C8.A76FFBE0-- Received on Tue 10 Jul 2001 01:44:03 AM PDT |
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