[meteorite-list] An interesting (?) Chinese tektite

From: drtanuki <drtanuki_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Mar 10 11:40:10 2006
Message-ID: <20060310163947.49843.qmail_at_web53201.mail.yahoo.com>

Mark,
  Save your time. As I stated earlier this is due to
a chemical reaction by perhaps a natural process
(alkaline salts) or a man caused chemical process.
The devitrification process (a weathering process) is
similar that you see on old glass bottles that have
been buried or in alkaline salt environments and
nothing to do with heat. Please do a google search
for more details. Best, Dirk

--- MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_msn.com> wrote:

> Thanks for your comments Dirk, Kevin and Norm,
>
> Norms comments: "The coloration is a surface patina
> like Carnival Glass." is
> better then mine previous.
>
> I imagine it is a man influenced feature. Perhaps I
> will burn a couple
> tektites to see what results that creates and try
> other ways to create the
> patina....with some of my lower grade tektites of
> course.
>
> Clear Skies,
> Mark
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