[meteorite-list] Tektite looking objects found in Park Forest
From: Randy Mils <acculabs_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:10:02 2004 Message-ID: <BAY2-F148J2rWQhGXpc00099a0a_at_hotmail.com> <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV> <P>If this incredible discovery turns out to be true then it will only drive the price of this meteorite up even more. It has also been confirmed that pieces picked up after the rain are rusting. So the supply of pristine Park Forest meteorites will be of a much lower weight than the ultimate TKW would indicate.</P> <P>I sure am glad that I got my specimen early. Thanks again Mike for a great piece.</P> <P>Randy<BR><BR></P></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>>From: "Adam Hupe" <ADAMHUPE_at_ATTBI.COM> <DIV></DIV>>To: <METEORITE-LIST_at_METEORITECENTRAL.COM> <DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Tektite looking objects found in Park Forest <DIV></DIV>>Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 02:29:38 -0800 <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>Hi Mike and list, <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>Sorry you missed out on a truly important find. Several scientist have been <DIV></DIV>>consulted and all say that a roof hit by a meteorite could not cause such <DIV></DIV>>forms. The official consensus are these are a product of the fall . I was <DIV></DIV>>told by one scientist this is an extremely fantastic discovery. A famous <DIV></DIV>>NASA Scientist is now involved. This truly is a new discovery. <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>All the best, <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>Adam Hupe <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>----- Original Message ----- <DIV></DIV>>From: "Michael Farmer" <FARMERM_at_CONCENTRIC.NET> <DIV></DIV>>To: "Adam Hupe" <ADAMHUPE_at_ATTBI.COM>; <METEORITE-LIST@METEORITECENTRAL.COM> <DIV></DIV>>Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 10:26 PM <DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Tektite looking objects found in Park Forest <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>> > Adam, I spoke with some people and they all tell me tar from roofing does <DIV></DIV>> > that. I would suggest heating one to see what happens. <DIV></DIV>> > Mike <DIV></DIV>> > ----- Original Message ----- <DIV></DIV>> > From: "Adam Hupe" <ADAMHUPE_at_ATTBI.COM> <DIV></DIV>> > To: <METEORITE-LIST_at_METEORITECENTRAL.COM> <DIV></DIV>> > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 6:49 PM <DIV></DIV>> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Tektite looking objects found in Park Forest <DIV></DIV>> > <DIV></DIV>> > <DIV></DIV>> > > Dear List, <DIV></DIV>> > > <DIV></DIV>> > > We compared these to a composition shingle and could not find anything <DIV></DIV>> > > similar. From what I understand a dumbbell has to be spinning in a <DIV></DIV>>molten <DIV></DIV>> > > state in order to create such a shape, the same goes for the patty <DIV></DIV>>shapes <DIV></DIV>> > > with sunken centers. The few scientist we talked to are going wild over <DIV></DIV>> > > this discovery because nothing as been reported like this before. <DIV></DIV>> > > <DIV></DIV>> > > All the best, <DIV></DIV>> > > <DIV></DIV>> > > Adam <DIV></DIV>> > > <DIV></DIV>> > > <DIV></DIV>> > > ----- Original Message ----- <DIV></DIV>> > > From: "Steve Witt" <STELOR96_at_YAHOO.COM> <DIV></DIV>> > > To: <ADAMHUPE_at_ATTBI.COM> <DIV></DIV>> > > Cc: <METEORITE-LIST_at_METEORITECENTRAL.COM> <DIV></DIV>> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 5:44 PM <DIV></DIV>> > > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Tektite looking objects found in Park <DIV></DIV>>Forest <DIV></DIV>> > > <DIV></DIV>> > > <DIV></DIV>> > > > Adam, <DIV></DIV>> > > > <DIV></DIV>> > > > I was just going to write and ask you the same question. "Have you <DIV></DIV>> > > > checked the shingle?" Meanwhile I have several grams of particles and <DIV></DIV>> > > > dust collected from five street and parking lot impact points, that I <DIV></DIV>> > > > will "assume" are free of any possible shingle contaminents. I was <DIV></DIV>> > > > hoping you could give me an approximate size of the particles you are <DIV></DIV>> > > > finding. <DIV></DIV>> > > > <DIV></DIV>> > > > Thanx, <DIV></DIV>> > > > Steve <DIV></DIV>> > > > <DIV></DIV>> > > > --- Dan Wray <DWRAY_at_WIDEOPENWEST.COM>wrote: <DIV></DIV>> > > > > Adam, <DIV></DIV>> > > > > <DIV></DIV>> > > > > Are the particles metallic? Can they be picked up with a magnet? <DIV></DIV>> > > > > In a classic search for micro-meteorites I found the same type of <DIV></DIV>> > > > > thing in debris from my gutters. It was separated out with a <DIV></DIV>> > > > > magnet and then sorted under a microscope. I thought that I had <DIV></DIV>> > > > > found a great collection of micros. That is until I repeated the <DIV></DIV>> > > > > experiment on my neighbors on both sides, nada, nothing, great <DIV></DIV>> > > > > disappointment! I have now come to believe that they came from my <DIV></DIV>> > > > > composition shingles . I have no idea how or what industrial <DIV></DIV>> > > > > process is involved. I will send you a photo of some that I found. <DIV></DIV>> > > > > I have always wanted to know more but didn't know where to go from <DIV></DIV>> > > > > here. I guess a nickel test could be done if I sacrificed enough <DIV></DIV>> > > > > of them. So far I have been unwilling to as the collecting was <DIV></DIV>> > > > > very labor intensive. I will be interested in your results. <DIV></DIV>> > > > > <DIV></DIV>> > > > > Dan Wray <DIV></DIV>> > > > > COMETS <DIV></DIV>> > > > > <DIV></DIV>> > > > > ----- Original Message ----- <DIV></DIV>> > > > > From: Adam Hupe <DIV></DIV>> > > > > To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com <DIV></DIV>> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 4:10 PM <DIV></DIV>> > > > > Subject: [meteorite-list] Tektite looking objects found in Park <DIV></DIV>> > > > > Forest <DIV></DIV>> > > > > <DIV></DIV>> > > > > <DIV></DIV>> > > > > Dear List Members, <DIV></DIV>> > > > > <DIV></DIV>> > > > > You are going to think we are insane announcing this but we feel <DIV></DIV>> > > > > it is important. We acquired a computer game still in the box that <DIV></DIV>> > > > > was struck by a meteorite inside a house on Dunham street in the <DIV></DIV>> > > > > Park Forest neighborhood. This is from the same site that Mike <DIV></DIV>> > > > > Farmer purchased the House Hammering stone. This game box acted as <DIV></DIV>> > > > > a receptacle trapping some fragments from the meteorite, wood from <DIV></DIV>> > > > > the attic and sheet rock from the ceiling. While examining the <DIV></DIV>> > > > > contents of the game box under a microscope we were shocked to see <DIV></DIV>> > > > > the following objects: <DIV></DIV>> > > > > <DIV></DIV>> > > > > Dumbbell shaped glassy forms <DIV></DIV>> > > > > Teardrop shaped glassy forms <DIV></DIV>> > > > > Rod shaped glassy forms <DIV></DIV>> > > > > Patty shaped glassy forms with sunken centers <DIV></DIV>> > > > > Ball shaped glassy forms <DIV></DIV>> > > > > <DIV></DIV>> > > > > Dumbbell <DIV></DIV>> > > > > http://www.lunarrock.com/ParkForest/microtektites1.jpg <DIV></DIV>> > > > > <DIV></DIV>> > > > > Dumbbell and Teardrop <DIV></DIV>> > > > > http://www.lunarrock.com/ParkForest/microtektites2.jpg <DIV></DIV>> > > > > <DIV></DIV>> > > > > Mixture of several types <DIV></DIV>> > > > > http://www.lunarrock.com/ParkForest/microtektites3.jpg <DIV></DIV>> > > > > <DIV></DIV>> > > > > These are all the same shapes you will find in Tektites, yet <DIV></DIV>> > > > > these cannot be called impactites since the meteorite did not melt <DIV></DIV>> > > > > any objects when it crashed through the roof. This is no joke so <DIV></DIV>> > > > > you collectors in the field may want to revisit the houses that <DIV></DIV>> > > > > were struck by meteorites and collect the debris left behind before <DIV></DIV>> > > > > it is too late. We do not know the scientific importance of this <DIV></DIV>> > > > > discovery but will find out soon since the University of Washington <DIV></DIV>> > > > > is interested in pursuing these strange objects. It has been <DIV></DIV>> > > > > suggested that these objects may have come from the ablation train <DIV></DIV>> > > > > left behind by this fall. It is our hope that more of this <DIV></DIV>> > > > > material is collected before it is too late. <DIV></DIV>> > > > > <DIV></DIV>> > > > > <DIV></DIV>> > > > > All the Best <DIV></DIV>> > > > > <DIV></DIV>> > > > > Adam Hupe <DIV></DIV>> > > > > <DIV></DIV>> > > > > <DIV></DIV>> > > > > <DIV></DIV>> > > > > <DIV></DIV>> > > > <DIV></DIV>> > > > <DIV></DIV>> > > > <DIV></DIV>> > > > ===== <DIV></DIV>> > > > Steve Witt <DIV></DIV>> > > > IMCA #9020 <DIV></DIV>> > > > <DIV></DIV>> > > > http://www.meteoritecollectors.org <DIV></DIV>> > > > <DIV></DIV>> > > > __________________________________________________ <DIV></DIV>> > > > Do you Yahoo!? <DIV></DIV>> > > > Yahoo! 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