Hello All, How about a glass manufacturing bi-product? Thanks, Tom Peregrineflier <>< The proudest member of the IMCA 6168 ----- Original Message ----- From: Adam Hupe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 4:08 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Elma Status?
> Hi Tom and List, > > The problem with this material is that it does not contain any metal. If it > was in a reducing environment why isn't there any metal, even at microprobe > levels? This almost certainly eliminates this material coming from an > industrial process, at least none that I have ever heard of. If it came > from a foundry why wasn't the sand melted in the center. The sand is also > trapped in sealed vesicles, that look almost like chondrules, like a > condensation product, which is extremely odd. It was extremely difficult to > make thin-sections of this stuff because of the friability of the material > trapped inside. > > Will update as we get more results, > > Adam > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom aka James Knudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "mafer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Adam Hupe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "meteor central" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 3:39 PM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Elma Status? > > > > 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! 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