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Re: Tektites are the Third Type of Meteorite!
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- Subject: Re: Tektites are the Third Type of Meteorite!
- From: Sharkk b8 <Sharkkb8@aol.com>
- Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 03:41:31 EDT
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>> In my never ending pursuit to feret out misinformation I found this. Here
>> is a guy selling tektites as "silica meteorites." He also classfies
tektites
>> as "astronomy" vs. "terrestrial." When I tried to explain to him the error
he
>> told me he could provide "a reference" which would prove their lunar
origin.
>> He also told me there are three types of meteorites: Iron, stone, and
>> "silica."
Just for fun, I e-mailed this gentleman & inquired about the Thai "silica
meteorite"
he was offering, saying it didn't appear to be either Nakhon Pathom or
Chiang Khan. His reply is below (sounds to me as though he is back-pedaling,
perhaps realizing that he runs the risk of being accused of seriously
misrepresenting his "product"......) e voila:
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Subj: Re: meteorite
Date: 98-05-05 22:25:49 EDT
From: TEmmons100
To: Sharkk b8
Hi gregory Thanks for the e-mail
We bought the meteorite from a geology store that claimed it was a tektite
meteorite that hit in Southeast Asia 700,000 years ago. Since there is a big
debate as to whether or not some tektites are from space ( most are from
earth) I have been telling people who are interested in the stamp/meteorite
that we can only promise it is a tektite from Asia. Tom