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

From: Michael Farmer <farmerm_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:10:01 2004
Message-ID: <008e01c2f9a9$e69c7e00$9131ef42_at_computer>

Adam, I spoke with some people and they all tell me tar from roofing does
that. I would suggest heating one to see what happens.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Hupe" <adamhupe_at_attbi.com>
To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 6:49 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Tektite looking objects found in Park Forest


> Dear List,
>
> We compared these to a composition shingle and could not find anything
> similar. From what I understand a dumbbell has to be spinning in a molten
> state in order to create such a shape, the same goes for the patty shapes
> with sunken centers. The few scientist we talked to are going wild over
> this discovery because nothing as been reported like this before.
>
> All the best,
>
> Adam
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Witt" <stelor96_at_yahoo.com>
> To: <adamhupe_at_attbi.com>
> Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 5:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Tektite looking objects found in Park Forest
>
>
> > 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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