[meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture of the Day - June 4, 2005

[Norm Lehrman]

Guys,

That look on the Nininger's faces followed the sad
realization that the tektites weren't lunars after
all.  Imagine your expression if your coveted
tablefull of lunars all turned terrestrial!

Cheers,
Norm
(http://tektitesource.com)

--- AL Mitterling <almitt at kconline.com> wrote:

> Hi Jerry and all,
> 
> Jerry, your Superman and the tektite is kirptonite! 
> :-)
> 
> --AL
> 
> Jerry A. Wallace wrote:
> 
> > Hi Dave,
> > 
> > You were absolutely right about there being little
> joy in the lives
> > of most folks in the "old days". Times were hard,
> living was tough.
> > Most found their rare joys in the simple things
> that were free yet
> > priceless.
> > 
> > However, I don't think that's what's causing the
> sour expressions
> > on the faces of Harvey and Addie in the photo of
> June 4th.
> > 
> > Exposure to that many tektites clustered in one
> place can cause
> > catastrophic sadness, illness, and dismay to a
> human. Although
> > 'New Age' advocates claim miraculous healing and
> curative powers
> > to be associated with these strange glass objects,
> actually the exact
> > opposite is true.
> > 
> > A friend of mine who is a teacher of geology at
> one of our local
> > colleges gave me a very nice Chinese tektite
> several years ago.
> > In that it was my first tektite I was fascinated
> by it and began studying
> > the controversial subject as well as the object
> itself. I left it placed in
> > front of my monitor when not actually handling it.
> Within a couple of
> > hours of doing this I began thinking that my
> monitor was going bad
> > because the images and text it displayed began
> appearing blurry.
> > But then I noticed that other things that I looked
> at were also a bit
> > blurry and distorted when I sat at my computer
> desk. Time for new
> > glasses, I thought.
> > 
> > My friendly, overpriced optometrist assured me
> that my current
> > eyeglass prescription should work fine and that
> perhaps my vision
> > problem might be caused by something else and
> maybe I should give
> > it a little time to see if would clear up on its
> own. If my vision didn't
> > improve in a week or two I should go to an
> opthamologist he could
> > recommend for further tests. "Thank you and
> that'll be $75.00," said he.
> > About the same thing as an MD saying, "Take two
> aspirin and call me
> > in the morning. We'll send a bill."
> > 
> > A couple of days after that, I decided to put the
> tektite in a labeled
> > collection box and move it to a back room where I
> store most of my
> > meteorite collection. Within hours of doing that
> my eyesight began
> > improving when reading my monitor or books and
> papers. Whatever
> > the problem had been it now appeared to have
> passed. I was thankful.
> > There was no recurrence of the problem so I put it
> out of my mind.
> > 
> > A couple of months later there was to be a rare
> meeting of several of
> > the local meteorite enthusiasts at a coffee shop.
> On perusing my collection
> > for the show-and-tell I decided to take a couple
> of my latest Texas
> > acquisitions and, almost as an afterthought, I
> slipped the beautiful 
> > tektite
> > specimen that my friend had given me into my
> pocket, the four and one-half
> > inch tubular Wangdong. At the gathering, while
> having my second cup of
> > coffee, I began feeling distinctly nauseous, so
> much so, in fact, that I 
> > regretfully
> > excused myself and drove immediately home.
> > 
> > Once home, I only wanted to lie down for awhile
> until I felt better. 
> > After about
> > thirty minutes of misery, I went to the bathroom
> to wash my face. I noticed
> > several things had fallen: my arches, some of my
> hair, and it seemed 
> > that some
> > of my teeth were about to fall out as well. While
> leaning over the sink 
> > counter
> > to get a closer look in the mirror at my
> considerably bloodshot eyes, I 
> > felt the
> > Wangdong tektite in my pocket that I had forgotten
> to remove. Not wanting
> > any harm to befall it, I took it and the Texas
> specimens and replaced 
> > them in
> > their boxes in the back room. On the way back I
> felt the need to lie 
> > down again.
> > 
> > After an hour or so of some (finally) restful
> sleep, I awakened feeling 
> > considerably
> > better. I went back to the bathroom to again check
> my eyes. They looked 
> > much
> > better though still having some streaked veins.
> The nausea had mostly 
> > passed and
> > my color had returned pretty much to normal from
> the hideous shade of 
> > green that
> > I had been colored earlier.
> > 
> > I sat in my darkened, cool living room reflecting
> on the disastrous 
> > evening. I thought
> > back to the meeting at the coffee house and
> regretted not being able to 
> > show the
> > other collectors my new Texas specimens and
> especially my outstanding 
> > Wangdong
> > tektite. Tektite. TEKTITE! Wait a minute. I
> suddenly made the 
> > association between
> > my ill feelings and that TEKTITE. Every time I had
> been in close 
> > proximity with that
> > tektite for any real length of time that's when I
> was having my 
> > problems. Could that
> > truly be the answer? To be honest I'm not certain.
> But I haven't yet 
> > worked up the
> > necessary bravery to test the theory. I will, at
> some point, but not soon.
> > 
> > To be on the safe side, I built a cedar box and
> lined it with quarter 
> > inch lead
> > sheathing and, using a long handled set of kitchen
> tongs, I carefully 
> > placed the tektite
> > into it and sealed it well. I put the box in a
> storage shed way at the 
> > rear of my property.
> > That was over two and one-half years ago and
> except for a minor cold 
> > last winter,
> > I've felt great ever since.
> > 
> > To be honest, I have given some thought of late to
> pulling a Steve stunt 
> > and offering
> > to give it away- and then keeping tabs on the
> health of the recipient. 
> > But I can't
> > bring myself to do that. After all, it was a gift
> from a friend (a 
> > friendship I've been
> > keeping a wary eye on for awhile.)
> > 
> > And so it is, Dave, that my considered opinion of
> the sorry state of 
> > Harvey and Addie
> > in the old photograph is caused by that pile of
> malevolent tektites 
> > lying there radiating
> > their evil rays causing emotional and digestive
> stress and disorders, 
> > sour disposition,
> > distorted eyesight, bad breath, baldness, and who
> knows what else.
> > 
> > The Truth Is Out There,
> > 
> 
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