[meteorite-list] Tektite looking objects found in Park Forest

From: tracy latimer <daistiho_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:10:01 2004
Message-ID: <F27KxArXmXggos76DAO0000b88c_at_hotmail.com>

I would like to see the analysis of the microtektites. Since the meteorite
smashed through a (probably asphalt shingled) roof, complete with tar,
roofing pebbles, and any other debris accumulated there, they might be
roofing-material tektites. I can't imagine enough heat being generated by
the small stones found so far to create tektites in the classic sense; i.e.,
molten earth and rock. Now if they were from the ablation train, that's a
whole 'nother story!

Tracy Latimer


>From: "Adam Hupe" <adamhupe_at_attbi.com>
>To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
>Subject: [meteorite-list] Tektite looking objects found in Park Forest
>Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 15:10:05 -0800
>
>Dear List Members,
>
>You are going to think we are insane announcing this but we feel it is
>important. We acquired a computer game still in the box that was struck by
>a meteorite inside a house on Dunham street in the Park Forest
>neighborhood. This is from the same site that Mike Farmer purchased the
>House Hammering stone. This game box acted as a receptacle trapping some
>fragments from the meteorite, wood from the attic and sheet rock from the
>ceiling. While examining the contents of the game box under a microscope
>we were shocked to see the following objects:
>
>Dumbbell shaped glassy forms
>Teardrop shaped glassy forms
>Rod shaped glassy forms
>Patty shaped glassy forms with sunken centers
>Ball shaped glassy forms
>
>Dumbbell
>http://www.lunarrock.com/ParkForest/microtektites1.jpg
>
>Dumbbell and Teardrop
>http://www.lunarrock.com/ParkForest/microtektites2.jpg
>
>Mixture of several types
> http://www.lunarrock.com/ParkForest/microtektites3.jpg
>
>These are all the same shapes you will find in Tektites, yet these cannot
>be called impactites since the meteorite did not melt any objects when it
>crashed through the roof. This is no joke so you collectors in the field
>may want to revisit the houses that were struck by meteorites and collect
>the debris left behind before it is too late. We do not know the
>scientific importance of this discovery but will find out soon since the
>University of Washington is interested in pursuing these strange objects.
>It has been suggested that these objects may have come from the ablation
>train left behind by this fall. It is our hope that more of this material
>is collected before it is too late.
>
>
>All the Best
>
>Adam Hupe
>
>
>


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