[meteorite-list] Tektite with metal?

[Eric Wichman]

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







 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" 

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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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