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

From: Daniel <rainteach_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 10:26:10 -0600
Message-ID: <2113B8FA-19F1-44B3-993F-28AF49AFAB28_at_aol.com>

Hi Carl,

I don't agree with everything about this theory, I just thought it was interesting. There all still a lot of unknowns when it comes to tektites.

Are you a tektite collector?

Best Regards,
Daniel Sutherland



On Feb 25, 2012, at 9:45 AM, <cdtucson at cox.net> wrote:

> Daniel, Steve,
> All due respect to this theory.
> I'd like to hear more about this theory because he says;
> "Theories about chemical etching and spalling as the major creators of surface sculpturing have been proven unlikely."
> He does not explain this statement. How has this been proven unlikely?
> If his theory is true. How do you explain all of the glass rocks found that have the same surface features as tektites but, have been ruled out as tektites based largely on the amount of H2O within them?
> Arizonaites( Saffordites) ?, Columbianites?, etc.
>
> Carl
> meteoritemax
>
> --
> Cheers
>
> ---- Daniel <rainteach at aol.com> wrote:
>> 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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