Adam, I was just going to write and ask you the same question. "Have you checked the shingle?" Meanwhile I have several grams of particles and dust collected from five street and parking lot impact points, that I will "assume" are free of any possible shingle contaminents. I was hoping you could give me an approximate size of the particles you are finding.
Thanx, Steve --- Dan Wray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > > ===== Steve Witt IMCA #9020 http://www.meteoritecollectors.org __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
