Bernd, Mark, Dennis, Brian, et al,
This is quite interesting because Dennis sent me pictures of his Holbrook
Tektite find and it is identical to my finds both in color ( golden brown not
grey) and texture.
I like that Arizonaites or Arizona Whatevers.
Again they look like Columbianites and
Greetings to Dennis, Mark and List Members
HEAT TESTING OF TEKTITE
Aubrey has some good interesting observations concerning Testing
Tektites on his sight http://www.tektites.co.uk/tektite-tests.html
Personally , I have access to professional Glass Blowers with tons of
experience.. They
Very well done Brian! Thanks for sharing your results.
Your experience with the LDG, Libyan Desert Glass - we took it up to
1,815 Centigrade / 3,300
Degrees Fahrenheit and it was tacky on the surface , BUT did not Melt
This made me wonder again what others think of the idea that LDG
Hello Brian, Dennis, Mark, Carl and List,
Brian wrote:
Obsidian explodes when heated quickly. So - it is easy to eliminate
an Obsidian as a Tektite, just by throwing alot of heat at it quickly.
In May or June 2000, our late Jim Kriegh put his new welding torch
on an Apache Tear, and, ... ...
.
Happy hunting,
Mark B.
Vail, AZ
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Greetings to Dennis, Mark and List Members
for the info!
Mark
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Hello Brian, Dennis, Mark, Carl and List,
Brian
Hello Mark, Carl, List,
Mark wrote:
I have collected a few of the Arizonaites (Saffordites?) in the field and
when I first saw them, I was fooled into thinking they were tektites. They
look to be solution weathered and I wonder if that in some way removed
the water that normally is in obsidian
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Very well done Brian! Thanks for sharing
Hello Sterling, Brian S., etc.
You wrote (in part) ...
Is there a good book on tektites?
No. The study of tektites drives people crazy, and
crazy people do not write good books...
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You have a great sense of humor. And just as I
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