[meteorite-list] Tsavorites
From: Impactika_at_aol.com <Impactika_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:30:00 2004 Message-ID: <153.248bf73a.2ca74756_at_aol.com> --part1_153.248bf73a.2ca74756_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 9/27/2003 9:43:41 AM Mountain Daylight Time, pekka.savolainen_at_dlc.fi writes: > well, Tsavorite is a rare green member of the garnet-group, and at least > that is the fact, these have nothing to do with Tsavorites. > > Moldavite is a name for bohemian green tektites, so they are not these > eather. > > So the queston is, are they Tekties or something others. I have had some > raw pieces of this material, and at least the pieces I had, had not any > special characters of tektites. One easy way to differentiate them could be the hardness. Tsavorite, and most garnets, are 7 to 7.5 on the Mohs hardness scale. Glass, natural or man-made is a lot softer, 5 (I think). Now, what is the average hardness of tektites? Anne M. Black www. IMPACTIKA.com IMPACTIKA_at_aol.com IMCA #2356 --part1_153.248bf73a.2ca74756_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><FONT FACE=3Darial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3D2>In a message dated 9/27/2= 003 9:43:41 AM Mountain Daylight Time, pekka.savolainen_at_dlc.fi writes: <BR> <BR> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=3DCITE style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-= LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">well, Tsavorite is a rare g= reen member of the garnet-group, and at least <BR>that is the fact, these have nothing to do with Tsavorites. <BR> <BR>Moldavite is a name for bohemian green tektites, so they are not these <BR>eather. <BR> <BR>So the queston is, are they Tekties or something others. I have had some <BR>raw pieces of this material, and at least the pieces I had, had not any <BR>special characters of tektites. </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D3= FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"></BLOCKQUOTE> <BR></FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Ar= ial" LANG=3D"0"> <BR>One easy way to differentiate them could be the hardness. <BR>Tsavorite, and most garnets, are 7 to 7.5 on the Mohs hardness scale. Gl= ass, natural or man-made is a lot softer, 5 (I think). <BR>Now, what is the average hardness of tektites? <BR> <BR>Anne M. Black <BR>www. IMPACTIKA.com <BR>IMPACTIKA_at_aol.com <BR>IMCA #2356</FONT></HTML> --part1_153.248bf73a.2ca74756_boundary-- Received on Sat 27 Sep 2003 04:04:38 PM PDT |
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