[meteorite-list] Re: KOFELSITE

From: Robert Verish <bolidechaser_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:50:21 2004
Message-ID: <20020402050358.90425.qmail_at_web10408.mail.yahoo.com>

A quick web search on Google resulted in:

Meteorite and Planetology Encyclopedia
... the asteroid belt produced by orbital resonance
between the asteroids and Jupiter.
KOFELSITE A frothy, pumiceous high-siliga glass
occuring as a small veins in ...
<http://homepages.msn.com/LibraryLawn/shaqued/EncyclopediaJL.html>
- 45k - Cached

I already had this site bookmarked. I should have
went straight to it. It's quite comprehensive.

Bob V.

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Impactika_at_aol.com Impactika@aol.com
Mon, 1 Apr 2002 22:17:22 EST

In a message dated 4/1/2002 6:32:43 PM Mountain
Standard Time, meteorites_at_stonejungle.com writes:


> I'm new to the whole meteorite collecting field, and
came across a piece of Kofelsite on ebay. Can any
one tell me if this material is legitimate?
> I want to thank the members of the list for the
valuable information and leads that are posted daily.
>
>

Hello George,

I found the site you are talking about on Ebay.
              <A
HREF="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1088029509">Meteorite
Impactite from Austria - KOFELSITE!</A>

Kofelsite is NOT a meteorite, it is an impactite,
meaning it was created by the impact of a meteorite.
And there are many kinds of impactites, from many
sources.
This one is from Austria. I am not familiar with it
but maybe one of our Austrian members (Christian????)
will be able to tell us more about it.

And Welcome to the List!

Anne Black

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Received on Tue 02 Apr 2002 12:03:58 AM PST