[meteorite-list] TEKTITES VS. TEARS

From: Sterling K. Webb <kelly_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:08:32 2004
Message-ID: <3D92A0AC.C210F361_at_bhil.com>

Hi!

    Great idea! Tomorrow I'm going to microwave an australite, an indochinite,
a moldavite, a bediasite, an apache tear, and a big chunk of wyoming obsidian
and see what happens.


Sterling
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mafer wrote:

> Hi Sterling and list
> I still think the microwave test is valid and proves the same thing.
> Heat both in a microwave, and see the obsidian get too hot to handle (from
> water content).
> Mark
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com
> > [mailto:meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com]On Behalf Of Sterling
> > K. Webb
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 9:46 PM
> > To: Meteorite List
> > Subject: [meteorite-list] TEKTITES VS. TEARS
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Obsidians have hundreds to thousands of times more water in
> > them than tektites. Heat obsidian in a vacuum and watch it bubble
> > away like crazy. Tektites basically just sit there when heated;
> > there's nothing to outgas.
> > On the other hand, the furnaces are hard to carry to shows,
> > there's no 440 V. lines available, etc., etc. But it's a positive
> > test.
> >
> >
> > Sterling K. Webb
> >
Received on Thu 26 Sep 2002 01:52:44 AM PDT