[meteorite-list] Tektite looking objects found in Park Forest

From: Brice D. Hornback <bdh_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:10:01 2004
Message-ID: <010801c2f97c$f328e640$6501a8c0_at_cstltn01.in.comcast.net>

I have also found exactly the same kinds of things when searching for
micro-meteorites in gutters. However, when taking a sample of the roofing
material... there was none to be found. I too would like to know more about
these...

- Brice D. Hornback

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Wray" <dwray_at_wideopenwest.com>
To: "Adam Hupe" <adamhupe_at_attbi.com>; <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 7:43 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Tektite looking objects found in Park Forest


Adam,

Are the particles metallic? Can they be picked up with a magnet? In a
classic search for micro-meteorites I found the same type of thing in debris
from my gutters. It was separated out with a magnet and then sorted under a
microscope. I thought that I had found a great collection of micros. That
is until I repeated the experiment on my neighbors on both sides, nada,
nothing, great disappointment! I have now come to believe that they came
from my composition shingles . I have no idea how or what industrial
process is involved. I will send you a photo of some that I found. I have
always wanted to know more but didn't know where to go from here. I guess a
nickel test could be done if I sacrificed enough of them. So far I have
been unwilling to as the collecting was very labor intensive. I will be
interested in your results.

Dan Wray
COMETS

----- Original Message -----
  From: Adam Hupe
  To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
  Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 4:10 PM
  Subject: [meteorite-list] Tektite looking objects found in Park Forest


  Dear List Members,

  You are going to think we are insane announcing this but we feel it is
important. We acquired a computer game still in the box that was struck by
a meteorite inside a house on Dunham street in the Park Forest neighborhood.
This is from the same site that Mike Farmer purchased the House Hammering
stone. This game box acted as a receptacle trapping some fragments from the
meteorite, wood from the attic and sheet rock from the ceiling. While
examining the contents of the game box under a microscope we were shocked to
see the following objects:

  Dumbbell shaped glassy forms
  Teardrop shaped glassy forms
  Rod shaped glassy forms
  Patty shaped glassy forms with sunken centers
  Ball shaped glassy forms

  Dumbbell
  http://www.lunarrock.com/ParkForest/microtektites1.jpg

  Dumbbell and Teardrop
  http://www.lunarrock.com/ParkForest/microtektites2.jpg

  Mixture of several types
   http://www.lunarrock.com/ParkForest/microtektites3.jpg

  These are all the same shapes you will find in Tektites, yet these cannot
be called impactites since the meteorite did not melt any objects when it
crashed through the roof. This is no joke so you collectors in the field
may want to revisit the houses that were struck by meteorites and collect
the debris left behind before it is too late. We do not know the scientific
importance of this discovery but will find out soon since the University of
Washington is interested in pursuing these strange objects. It has been
suggested that these objects may have come from the ablation train left
behind by this fall. It is our hope that more of this material is collected
before it is too late.


  All the Best

  Adam Hupe
Received on Wed 02 Apr 2003 08:02:34 PM PST