CompuServe Messages

Hi Doug and everyone, Probably the most compelling evidence (and refutable) of an Earth source, is the air bubbles that are found in tektites. These air bubbles are found in all tektites and are sealed by the glassy material they are made of. Scientists sampling these air bubbles find it samples the Earth's atmosphere. It is the rare gasses of Argon 38 – 39 that carry the signature and imply tektites are from impacts on Earth. I'm not taking this too seriously either. I just would not want someone selling me a Zagami (Mars Meteorite) when it was an ordinary meteorite. I have sold a few tektites and I would say one in three people think these are from the moon. I always tell them before selling them, that they are believed to be from impact craters here on Earth. I do get a lot of disapointed people that way. There still is a lot of mystery about these things. They still don't fully understand the forces that generate tektites. Also don't get me wrong. I am not implying anyone is misrepresenting tektites here. I believe we were trying to unravel some of the mystery that still exists! –AL