Dan, It might be. But it looks metallic. It could be a form of pyrite or
some other metallic looking mineral.
Eric
Dan Wray wrote:
Eric,
I have two or more in my collection that have inclusiions of what
appears to be yellow glass. I know what Sean is refering to. It is
sand stuck in the cracks. These apear to be melted in place. I have
heard no expination for them.
Dan
----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Wichman"
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Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 8:40 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Tektite with metal?
Hey all,
On my recent adventure to the Tucson show I purchased many meteorites
and about 6 kilos of tektites, in the batch of tektites I found an
odd piece. Now I'm very familiar with chondrites but know little to
nothing about tektites. Can someone please tell me what I'm looking
at here.
It's an odd piece. It appears to be metal embedded in the tektite in
two places. This is the only piece I have that exhibits this
inclusion. Is this a natural inclusion that formed after the tektite
was formed or is it just something "stuck" in the tektite???
The piece is about 34 grams... http://www.meteoritesusa.com/tektites.htm
This is bugging me because I can't find any info on it and I'd like
to know if this is normal for a tektite or just some fluke oddity.
Regards,
Eric
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