Publication Date:
2019-08-28
Description:
Glassy objects reportedly found in Pima County, Arizona, have been identified as tektites. A field survey of the area where they were said to occur, however, did not produce any other tektites, nor did it reveal any other geologic features that might indicate a nearby impact crater. The major-, minor-, and trace-element composition of one specimen is similar to those measured in indochinites, which suggests the objects reportedly from Pima County were instead transported to southern Arizona from Indochina by people.
Keywords:
LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION
Type:
Meteoritics (ISSN 0026-1114); 30; 1; p. 110-112
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