[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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