Greetings all, Would any of you please explain the differences between Tektites and Apache Tears. Apache Tears are rounded bits of smokey grey obsidian (volcanic glass) found all over the Southwest US. They have a dull black surface and often have perfect regmaglypts when found. To me this would indicate that they were ejected quite high before they fell. When polished they range from nearly opaque black to a nearly clear light gray color. Some have lines or swirls of darker glass that can be seen if held up to a light. Thanks, Art Brasher > > Tektites are melted earth rock. There is a very small number of > people who believe they are from the moon, but the vast majority of the > scientific community believe that is highly improbable. The biggest > question is how you take rock, melt it into a clear glass, and quench it > fairly quickly with out having it full of gas bubbles. They are > different from impact glasses, such as aouelloul and darwin glasses, > which have a frothy bubbly texture. > Tektites are interesting in their own right with numerous shapes, > flight markings and other oddities. The best web site for tektites is > Norm Lehrman's site http://tektitesource.com/ > > <Also where does moldavite come into this discussion? Is that also a > tektite but cloaked in arty mystery?> > > Moldavites are also tektites. The biggest differences are the color, > a lovely green, instead of black, and neat pointy delicate shapes, like > hedgehogs on some of them. As a result they are jewelry grade tektites > which expands the interest in them beyond meteorite collectors. They > are also sold as power stones to the gullible who believe that sort of > thing. > > I do carry moldavites on my site, but not other tektites. That is > more because I haven't gotten around to making up a page than that they > are not worthy. I do have a number of tektites in my collection and I > am sure many meteorite collectors do also. > > Eric Olson > http://www.star-bits.com > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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