[meteorite-list] Elma Status?

From: mafer <mafer_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:16:29 2004
Message-ID: <000e01c35c6a$7bdbd880$6501a8c0_at_vs.shawcable.net>

fulguritic? given a sighting of a smoking trail and smoldering pieces of
"basaltic" glass with sand inside, sounds like some atmospheric event

----- Original Message -----
From: Adam Hupe <adamhupe_at_comcast.net>
To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 2:22 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Elma Status?


> Hi Mike, Mike and List,
>
> The Elma material is definitely not a meteorite, so to speak. It could
> prove to be just as or more interesting to the scientific community. The
> jury is still out on exactly what this material is or how it was created.
> The initial lab results created more questions than answers. As has been
> reported this material consist of sand incased in a basaltic glass shell.
> The materials in the glass are not separated into swirls so what ever
> created these objects had a huge amount of energy and the glass was
quenched
> very rapidly. Experiments are being conducted to see how these might have
> been created. We should have more answers by next week. This is looking
> more like an X-files episode than a meteor sighting. For now, we are
> keeping an open mind regarding this material.
>
> All the best,
>
> Adam and Greg Hupe
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Farmer" <farmerm_at_concentric.net>
> To: "Mike Groetz" <mpg444_at_yahoo.com>; "Meteorite List"
> <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 1:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Elma Status?
>
>
> > Mike, forget about this one, there is not a chance in hell that a
> meteorite
> > was recovered there.
> > Mike Farmer
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mike Groetz" <mpg444_at_yahoo.com>
> > To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 12:35 PM
> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Elma Status?
> >
> >
> > > Everyone-
> > > Is this all said and done with or is the jury still
> > > out with any maybe's?
> > > Thanks,
> > > Mike
> > >
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Received on Wed 06 Aug 2003 06:30:58 PM PDT


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