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http://www.edamgaard.dk/Copy%20of%20VietnamTektites%20edj.htm Cheers, Daniel Sutherland Sent from my iPhone On Feb 24, 2012, at 11:19 PM, "Dan Wray" <daniel_w...@comcast.net> wrote: > Steve, > > I am a tektite collector and I agree with you about the so called etching. If > you look at broken fragments of hollow tektites the inside surface is smooth > and the outside textured. You can also see this on stretched specimens, the > stretched area is smooth. This so called etching is bogus. > > Dan Wray > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Dunklee" <steve.dunk...@yahoo.com> > To: <Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> > Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 1:41 PM > Subject: [meteorite-list] Steves unproven tektite theory by Steve lol! > > >> >> I believe the features on most tektites are produced during formation and >> not by etching. As the molten material reaches the upper atmosphere they >> reach a verry cold environment with low atmospheric pressure. The skin of >> the material is outgassing while being exposed to sub zero temps. this >> outgassing while freezing causes the skin to crystalize in strange shapes. >> then they are smoothed off during re entry which reaches speeds over the >> speed of sound. when wet limestone mud freezes in winter it causes similar >> crystal formations. when you mash them down they look like the surface of >> tektites. the molten material travels up to 4 or 5 miles in a molten state >> where it is quenched by sub zero tempratures causing crystalization. then re >> heated during its fall back to earth. the deep sharp grooves made during >> cooling are rounded off during re melting. I have a teardrop with smooth >> glassy surface on one end with no etching. if the etching was terestrial the >> whole tektite would be etched. >> Cheers >> Steve Dunklee >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit the Archives at >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
