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

From: Steve Witt <stelor96_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:10:01 2004
Message-ID: <20030403014445.84338.qmail_at_web9608.mail.yahoo.com>

Adam,

I was just going to write and ask you the same question. "Have you
checked the shingle?" Meanwhile I have several grams of particles and
dust collected from five street and parking lot impact points, that I
will "assume" are free of any possible shingle contaminents. I was
hoping you could give me an approximate size of the particles you are
finding.

Thanx,
Steve

--- Dan Wray <dwray_at_wideopenwest.com> wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
>



=====
Steve Witt
IMCA #9020

http://www.meteoritecollectors.org

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Received on Wed 02 Apr 2003 08:44:45 PM PST