[meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture of the Day - August 1, 2007

[Sterling K. Webb]

Hi, List,

    I second the motion. I'd completely forgotten
those micro "tektite-like" objects. What were they?

    Inquiring minds want to know.


Sterling K. Webb
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From: "Bill" <glixard at inbox.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 1:01 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture of the Day - August 
1, 2007


Incredible... The "needle-like fusion artifacts" remind me of this old post:

Dear List Members, You are going to think we are insane > announcing this 
but we feel it
is important. We acquired a > computer game still in the box that was struck 
by a
meteorite > inside a house on Dunham street in the Park Forest > 
neighborhood. This is
from the same site that Mike Farmer > purchased the House Hammering stone. 
This game box
acted as a > receptacle trapping some fragments from the meteorite, wood > 
from the attic
and sheet rock from the ceiling. While > examining the contents of the game 
box under a
microscope we > were shocked to see the following objects: Dumbbell shaped > 
glassy
formsTeardrop shaped glassy formsRod shaped glassy > formsPatty shaped 
glassy forms with
sunken centersBall shaped > glassy > forms
Dumbbellhttp://www.lunarrock.com/ParkForest/microtektites1.jpg Dumbbell > 
and >
Teardrophttp://www.lunarrock.com/ParkForest/microtektites2.jpg Mixture > of 
several >
types http://www.lunarrock.com/ParkForest/microtektites3.jpg These > are all 
the same
shapes you will find in Tektites, yet these > cannot be called impactites 
since the
meteorite did not melt > any objects when it crashed through the roof. This 
is no joke >
so you collectors in the field may want to revisit the houses > that were 
struck by
meteorites and collect the debris left > behind before it is too late. We do 
not know the
scientific > importance of this discovery but will find out soon since the > 
University of
Washington is interested in pursuing these > strange objects. It has been 
suggested that
these objects may > have come from the ablation train left behind by this 
fall. It > is
our hope that more of this material is collected before it > is too late. 
All the Best
Adam Hupe

It's funny that these pictures came up today as I was just searching the 
archives, found
Adam's thread and would like to know the final determination of the glassy 
PF "artifacts"
he recovered, not that PF could ever compare to these spectacular new 
porcupines!

Thanks for all the pics,
Bill