Hi Carl, I don't agree with everything about this theory, I just thought it was interesting. There all still a lot of unknowns when it comes to tektites.
Are you a tektite collector? Best Regards, Daniel Sutherland On Feb 25, 2012, at 9:45 AM, <cdtuc...@cox.net> wrote: > Daniel, Steve, > All due respect to this theory. > I'd like to hear more about this theory because he says; > "Theories about chemical etching and spalling as the major creators of > surface sculpturing have been proven unlikely." > He does not explain this statement. How has this been proven unlikely? > If his theory is true. How do you explain all of the glass rocks found that > have the same surface features as tektites but, have been ruled out as > tektites based largely on the amount of H2O within them? > Arizonaites( Saffordites) ?, Columbianites?, etc. > > Carl > meteoritemax > > -- > Cheers > > ---- Daniel <rainte...@aol.com> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Take a look at this website. >> >> 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 ______________________________________________ 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
