Bob,
Nope! Not sure at all.. That's why I sent the email to the list, in the
hopes that you guys might know.
Metallic looking minerals in tektites just seem odd to me, and being as
this is my first experience with tektites I figured I'd inquire if this
were normal... Apparently it's not so normal. Regardless if it's metal
or a metallic looking mineral inclusion it is fascinating.
I've cleaned 6 kilos of this material (hundreds of pieces) over the last
few days and this is the only one that has this type of inclusion. I've
searched Google with no luck. I did read a short blurb about iron
spheroids being embedded in tektites but don't remember where I saw the
article, and these inclusions are certainly not spherical.
Eric
Bob King wrote:
Hi Eric,
Are you sure it's solid metal? Could it be a mineral? I'm not tektite
expert but I have found occasional bits of material that have
mineralized over time in the deep pits and grooves of tektites. The
material I've seen is brownish but it's rocky, not metallic.
Bob
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 9:40 AM, Eric Wichman <e...@meteoritewatch.com> wrote:
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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