[meteorite-list] Steves unproven tektite theory by Steve lol!

From: Olaf Gabel <olaf_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 12:41:13 +0100
Message-ID: <A52244F1A3F942ABB234D9F17F261328_at_pcole>

hi steve,
most tektite surface structures are from soil etching,
fast cooled glass is softer at stress zones.
inner bubbles of broken tektites are like anealed glass, cooled more slowly,
less stress.
exposed to the soil less time than the outer tektite...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annealed_glass

regards olaf
(collecting tektites ~14y)
www.chief-impactor.de

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel" <rainteach at aol.com>
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Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 6:50 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Steves unproven tektite theory by Steve lol!


> Hi all,
>
> Take a look at this website.
>
> http://www.edamgaard.dk/Copy%20of%20VietnamTektites%20edj.htm
>
>
> Cheers,
> Daniel Sutherland
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Feb 24, 2012, at 11:19 PM, "Dan Wray" <daniel_wray at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Steve,
>>
>> I am a tektite collector and I agree with you about the so called
>> etching. If you look at broken fragments of hollow tektites the inside
>> surface is smooth and the outside textured. You can also see this on
>> stretched specimens, the stretched area is smooth. This so called
>> etching is bogus.
>>
>> Dan Wray
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Dunklee"
>> <steve.dunklee at yahoo.com>
>> To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 1:41 PM
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Steves unproven tektite theory by Steve lol!
>>
>>
>>>
>>> I believe the features on most tektites are produced during formation
>>> and not by etching. As the molten material reaches the upper atmosphere
>>> they reach a verry cold environment with low atmospheric pressure. The
>>> skin of the material is outgassing while being exposed to sub zero
>>> temps. this outgassing while freezing causes the skin to crystalize in
>>> strange shapes. then they are smoothed off during re entry which reaches
>>> speeds over the speed of sound. when wet limestone mud freezes in winter
>>> it causes similar crystal formations. when you mash them down they look
>>> like the surface of tektites. the molten material travels up to 4 or 5
>>> miles in a molten state where it is quenched by sub zero tempratures
>>> causing crystalization. then re heated during its fall back to earth.
>>> the deep sharp grooves made during cooling are rounded off during re
>>> melting. I have a teardrop with smooth glassy surface on one end with no
>>> etching. if the etching was terestrial the
>>> whole tektite would be etched.
>>> Cheers
>>> Steve Dunklee
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