[meteorite-list] Carancas meteorite...glassy spheres.

[Sterling K. Webb]

Mike,

They'd be TINY, one millimeter or less with a
rare 2-3 millimeter one once in a while. You couldn't
really search for them visually unless they had an
odd color (which happens). Take some specimen
jars with you, scoop up a small amount of powder,
ejecta, without digging into the ground dirt, all from
one spot, all in one scoop, seal it, label it with the
location relative to the crater, like "ejecta blanket,
5 meters out" and bring'em back, ten or more from
near and far and all sides. Better still, have a helper
to do it. Why do profs have grad students, sorcerers
and journeymen have apprentices? Somebody's got
to do the scut work! If no scientist wants to work
them up, put'em on eBay: "Carancas Ejecta Blanket
Sample, Meteorite Dust and Particles, 50 grams."


Sterling K. Webb
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Farmer" <meteoriteguy at yahoo.com>
To: "ensoramanda" <ensoramanda at ntlworld.com>; 
<Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Carancas meteorite...glassy spheres.


I searched the heck out of the soil, and never saw
any, but hey, I was looking for meteorite chunks, not
glass spheroids.
Mike

--- ensoramanda <ensoramanda at ntlworld.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> In earlier discussions on the list it was
> discussed...I think!...that if
> the Carancas meteorite was still ablating near to
> impact that there
> would be evidence in the form of ablation material
> around the site.  The
> dealer in Bolivia informed me that there were indeed
> small glassy
> spheres around in the soil found by locals with
> magnets.  Unfortunately
> he did not collect or record any.
>
> Or could these be formed by heat on impact?
>
> Anybody have any thoughts.
>
> Mike, Moritz or Rob.  Did you come across any?
>
> Graham Ensor
>
>
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