Hello All, This Elma stuff sounds like a metal casting bi-product from a foundry. Is there a foundry in our around Elma? Thanks, Tom Peregrineflier <>< The proudest member of the IMCA 6168 ----- Original Message ----- From: mafer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Adam Hupe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: meteor central <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 3:30 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Elma Status?
> fulguritic? given a sighting of a smoking trail and smoldering pieces of > "basaltic" glass with sand inside, sounds like some atmospheric event > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Adam Hupe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 2:22 PM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Elma Status? > > > > Hi Mike, Mike and List, > > > > The Elma material is definitely not a meteorite, so to speak. It could > > prove to be just as or more interesting to the scientific community. The > > jury is still out on exactly what this material is or how it was created. > > The initial lab results created more questions than answers. As has been > > reported this material consist of sand incased in a basaltic glass shell. > > The materials in the glass are not separated into swirls so what ever > > created these objects had a huge amount of energy and the glass was > quenched > > very rapidly. Experiments are being conducted to see how these might have > > been created. We should have more answers by next week. This is looking > > more like an X-files episode than a meteor sighting. For now, we are > > keeping an open mind regarding this material. > > > > All the best, > > > > Adam and Greg Hupe > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Michael Farmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Mike Groetz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Meteorite List" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 1:35 PM > > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Elma Status? > > > > > > > Mike, forget about this one, there is not a chance in hell that a > > meteorite > > > was recovered there. > > > Mike Farmer > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Mike Groetz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "Meteorite List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 12:35 PM > > > Subject: [meteorite-list] Elma Status? > > > > > > > > > > Everyone- > > > > Is this all said and done with or is the jury still > > > > out with any maybe's? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mike > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > > > > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
