[meteorite-list] TEKTITES ... METEORITES OR JUST GLASS

From: Bernd Pauli HD <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:08:31 2004
Message-ID: <3D91D3C7.97A1D9F5_at_lehrer.uni-karlsruhe.de>

Hello Elton, Art, and List,

Art wrote:

> If I happened to put that tektite into the tumbler
> with a batch of Apache Tears would there be any
> obvious differences when polished?

To make absolutely sure, you would need some compositional data
for your samples because the average composition of Apache Tears
differs from that of genuine tektites. Some important compositional
parameters would be: SiO2 - Al2O3 - FeO - MgO - CaO - NaO - K2O.


Best regards,

Bernd
Received on Wed 25 Sep 2002 11:18:31 AM PDT