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

[Dan Wray]

Adam,   Are the particles metallic?  Can they be picked up with a magnet?  In a classic search for micro-meteorites I found the same type of thing in debris from my gutters.  It was separated out with a magnet and then sorted under a microscope.  I thought that I had found a great collection of micros. That is until I repeated the experiment on my neighbors on both sides, nada, nothing, great disappointment!  I have now come to believe that they came from my composition shingles .  I have no idea how or what industrial process is involved.  I will send you a photo of some that I found.  I have always wanted to know more but didn't know where to go from here.  I guess a nickel test could be done if I sacrificed enough of them.  So far I have been unwilling to as the collecting was very labor intensive.  I will be interested in your results.   Dan Wray COMETS   ----- Original Message ----- From: Adam Hupe To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 4:10 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Tektite looking objects found in Park Forest 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