[meteorite-list] Park Forest splash forms update

From: j.divelbiss_at_att.net <j.divelbiss_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:13:09 2004
Message-ID: <20030425035511.6529953851_at_pairlist.net>

Very cool guys!

Tektites from meteorites...maybe?

Who wants to touch this one?


JD

> Dear List Members,
>
> I have been receiving a lot of emails concerning the Park Forest tektite
> looking objects. It is our hope that somebody on the list in the Chicago
> area can go to the Park Forest neighborhood and collect all the trappings
> minus leafs in gutters from houses located next to the houses that were
> impacted. We need this material for control samples to see if the objects
> are associated with the impact sites or are scattered randomly throughout
> the neighborhood.
>
> Here are a few Scanning Electron Microscope pictures of the objects for your
> enjoyment:
>
> Complete Teardrop link:
> http://www.lunarrock.com/ParkForest/probe3.jpg
>
> Notice how clean the surface is, these are not part of the composition
> shingle as somebody suggested. These are composed of iron bearing glass.
> Note the glass strings flowed over the surface.
>
>
> Thin section of Ball link:
> http://www.lunarrock.com/ParkForest/probe1.jpg
>
> Notice the swirls, the lighter colored areas contain more iron. There are
> also vesicles like in indochinites.
>
> At this time the origin of these glass objects is unknown. They have never
> been associated with a meteorite fall before, kind of like something you
> would see on the X-Files.
>
> All the best,
>
> Adam and Greg Hupe
>
>
>
>
>
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Received on Thu 24 Apr 2003 11:55:10 PM PDT