[meteorite-list] Wabar Pearls or Beads
From: Impactika_at_aol.com <Impactika_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:08:32 2004 Message-ID: <17c.f1f5ae9.2ac544c2_at_aol.com> --part1_17c.f1f5ae9.2ac544c2_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 9/26/2002 11:35:59 AM Mountain Daylight Time, bernd.pauli_at_lehrer.uni-karlsruhe.de writes: > Anne wrote: > > > I got a few more at the Denver Show, mostly "odd-shaped" ones, > > often meaning that they are chipped or broken. I have been > > looking at the broken ones and was rather surprised. I was > > expecting them to be glassy all the way through like Libyan > > Glass or Moldavite, but that is not the case at all. I found > > that they are composed of a glassy outer shell packed with > > tiny black grains of sand (I suppose) tightly packed and > > glued together. It looks as if the vitrification process was > > incomplete, only the outer layer turned to glass. > > > Any comments? > > No, not (yet). Are there any pictures you could put up on your > website. I would very much like to see those tiny black grains > of sand that are so tightly packed and glued together as you > state. They m a y (speculation only so far!) represent highly > * d e- * vitrified impactite melt beads. > Certainement Bernd! There are 4 pictures waiting for you (and whomever else is interested). I hope they are good enough but I am not so sure. 2 are of a Wabar pearl with black grainy interior. And 2 of another pearl showing WHITE interior. Now I am very curious to see what explanation there can be, particularly the 2nd one. And what exactly do you mean by "de-vitrify" ? Here are the links: www.impactika.com/images/WabarBlack1.jpg www.impactika.com/images/WabarBlack2.jpg www.impactika.com/images/WabarWhite1.jpg www.impactika.com/images/WabarWhite2.jpg Best of luck. Anne Black IMCA #2356 www.IMPACTIKA.com e-mail: IMPACTIKA_at_aol.com --part1_17c.f1f5ae9.2ac544c2_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 9/26/2002 11:35:59 AM Mountain Daylight Time, bernd.pauli_at_lehrer.uni-karlsruhe.de writes: <BR> <BR> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Anne wrote: <BR> <BR>> I got a few more at the Denver Show, mostly "odd-shaped" ones, <BR>> often meaning that they are chipped or broken. I have been <BR>> looking at the broken ones and was rather surprised. I was <BR>> expecting them to be glassy all the way through like Libyan <BR>> Glass or Moldavite, but that is not the case at all. I found <BR>> that they are composed of a glassy outer shell packed with <BR>> tiny black grains of sand (I suppose) tightly packed and <BR>> glued together. It looks as if the vitrification process was <BR>> incomplete, only the outer layer turned to glass. <BR> <BR>> Any comments? <BR> <BR>No, not (yet). Are there any pictures you could put up on your <BR>website. I would very much like to see those tiny black grains <BR>of sand that are so tightly packed and glued together as you <BR>state. They m a y (speculation only so far!) represent highly <BR>* d e- * vitrified impactite melt beads. <BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BR> <BR>Certainement Bernd! <BR> <BR>There are 4 pictures waiting for you (and whomever else is interested). I hope they are good enough but I am not so sure. <BR>2 are of a Wabar pearl with black grainy interior. <BR>And 2 of another pearl showing WHITE interior. <BR> <BR>Now I am very curious to see what explanation there can be, particularly the 2nd one. <BR>And what exactly do you mean by "de-vitrify" ? <BR> <BR>Here are the links: <BR> www.impactika.com/images/WabarBlack1.jpg <BR> www.impactika.com/images/WabarBlack2.jpg <BR> www.impactika.com/images/WabarWhite1.jpg <BR> www.impactika.com/images/WabarWhite2.jpg <BR> <BR>Best of luck. <BR> <BR>Anne Black <BR>IMCA #2356 <BR>www.IMPACTIKA.com <BR>e-mail: IMPACTIKA_at_aol.com</FONT></HTML> --part1_17c.f1f5ae9.2ac544c2_boundary-- Received on Fri 27 Sep 2002 01:21:06 AM PDT |
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