[Fwd: [meteorite-list] Park Forest splash forms update]

From: drtanuki <drtanuki_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:13:10 2004
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Sorry, I meant to send this to the list also. dr

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Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 12:56:59 +0900
From: drtanuki <drtanuki_at_tkc.att.ne.jp>
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Park Forest splash forms update
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Dear List Members,
   It would be a first! But, here are some arguments against:
1) Meteorites (small ones) are cold or warm at best when they strike, therefore
not shedding tektites.
2) The airflow train following the meteorite would be turbulent and materials
would not be following it, especially ones of 100um in size.
3) Dow Corning shingles and glass insulaton contain glass fibers and blobs of
glass looking like tektites.
     Let us wait and see. Dirk Ross...Tokyo

j.divelbiss_at_att.net wrote:

> 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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