[meteorite-list] Tektite with metal?

From: Eric Wichman <eric_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:40:58 -0800
Message-ID: <4989B70A.4090905_at_meteoritewatch.com>

Hey all,

On my recent adventure to the Tucson show I purchased many meteorites
and about 6 kilos of tektites, in the batch of tektites I found an odd
piece. Now I'm very familiar with chondrites but know little to nothing
about tektites. Can someone please tell me what I'm looking at here.

It's an odd piece. It appears to be metal embedded in the tektite in two
places. This is the only piece I have that exhibits this inclusion. Is
this a natural inclusion that formed after the tektite was formed or is
it just something "stuck" in the tektite???

The piece is about 34 grams... http://www.meteoritesusa.com/tektites.htm

This is bugging me because I can't find any info on it and I'd like to
know if this is normal for a tektite or just some fluke oddity.

Regards,
Eric
Received on Wed 04 Feb 2009 10:40:58 AM PST