[meteorite-list] A Tektite Shower?

From: Bernd Pauli HD <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:54:04 2004
Message-ID: <3C6A84FF.EE525282_at_lehrer1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>

"Treiman, Allan" wrote:

> A RAINFALL OF TEKTITES IN NIZHIJ NOVGOROD REGION IN WINTER 1996/1997
>
> The article is in Russian, here.
>
> http://www.meteorite.narod.ru/proba/kommet/NNtext.htm
>
> Ever heard of this? The article has some chemical analyses of the
> 'tektite glass,' and one looks really artificial -- high silica and sodium,
> but almost no aluminum. The other looks maybe reasonable.

Hello Allan and List,

What a pity that Darryl Futrell is no longer around to shed some light on this.

I wonder what Bill Glass - nomen est omen - would have to say about these
"tektite glasses". Maybe someone could contact him!

Best wishes,

Bernd
Received on Wed 13 Feb 2002 10:23:44 AM PST