Phil, That's the closest thing I've seen. That might be it.
Eric
Phil Morgan wrote:
Eric, I believe what your seeing is the same thing (maybe polished
somehow) as what I've heard this referred to as Limonite. Here is an
example. http://www.tektiteinc.com/104grams.html
I have very similar examples and it is very hard stuff.
Phil
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Eric Wichman <e...@meteoritewatch.com
<mailto:e...@meteoritewatch.com>> wrote:
Sean,
Unsure of whether it is metal... it resembles metal, but is not
magnetic. I've tried using a small pick to remove it and even a
stainless steel wire brush and no luck. It's not soil of any kind.
I'll try to get some 10X magnification photos...
Eric
T. Murray wrote:
Eric - are you sure that is metal? I'm curious to know if a
magnet sticks to it... Most of these that I have seen are
compacted soil/minerals that are attached to the tektite.
Kind of like caliche.
I have a bunch of tektites with those kinds of "inclusions" -
but they are all local material that has just gotten stuck in
the weathered surface of the tektite. I usually leave them in
as it is an indicator of the soil/material where the tektite
was found.
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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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