[meteorite-list] Tektite with metal?

[Eric Wichman]

Phil, That's the closest thing I've seen. That might be it.

Eric





Phil Morgan wrote:
> Eric, I believe what your seeing is the same thing (maybe polished 
> somehow) as what I've heard this referred to as Limonite.  Here is an 
> example.  http://www.tektiteinc.com/104grams.html
>  
> I have very similar examples and it is very hard stuff.
>  
> Phil
>
> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Eric Wichman <eric at meteoritewatch.com 
> <mailto:eric at meteoritewatch.com>> wrote:
>
>     Sean,
>
>     Unsure of whether it is metal... it resembles metal, but is not
>     magnetic. I've tried using a small pick to remove it and even a
>     stainless steel wire brush and no luck. It's not soil of any kind.
>
>     I'll try to get some 10X magnification photos...
>
>     Eric
>
>
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>
>     T. Murray wrote:
>
>         Eric - are you sure that is metal?  I'm curious to know if a
>         magnet sticks to it... Most of these that I have seen are
>         compacted soil/minerals that are attached to the tektite.
>          Kind of like caliche.
>
>         I have a bunch of tektites with those kinds of "inclusions" -
>         but they are all local material that has just gotten stuck in
>         the weathered surface of the tektite.  I usually leave them in
>         as it is an indicator of the soil/material where the tektite
>         was found.
>
>         ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Wichman"
>         <eric at meteoritewatch.com <mailto:eric at meteoritewatch.com>>
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>         Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 10:40 AM
>         Subject: [meteorite-list] Tektite with metal?
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>
>
>             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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