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Post by docone31 on Dec 23, 2004 18:55:38 GMT -5
I later found out why I got hit by lightning. I was outside the house with my son. I was in the habit of hosing our glacial moraine to not put tool marks on the stone the moraine was cemented against. Water through an hose creates a static ground. This provided me with a ground so the charge not only grazed me, but, had a ground. I wondered for years why I did not feel anything and other than the toe of my left boot missing directly after, no residual effects. My sister in law is a professer at MIT, and I have contact with many professors. My favourites are the physics nuts. I like them. They were able to explain why I got hit, and why I did not feel it. Cool. I do not however reccomend that for anyone. It is a little over the top.
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Post by BearCreekLapidary on Dec 23, 2004 21:26:58 GMT -5
Hello everyone,
Well my two cents worth are: a Fukawee Stone.
Back in the late 1800's there was a nomadic tribe of indians that traveled just about to every state in the country at the time. They were always moving, they never stayed in one place for long at all.
When they would move to a new area the Chief would get on the highest part of the land and bring his hand just over his eyes and look out across the lay of the land. His people stood in anticipation and he would say ..."Hmmm ... Where the f___ are we?" ;D
Seriously, I thought it looked like a Tecktite or even a possible meteorite. It might be a part of a meteorite ... a small part that was melted off by the intense heat of a much larger meteorite. Interesting ... very interesting!
John
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Post by docone31 on Dec 23, 2004 21:45:50 GMT -5
Does it chip when struck. If it passed the heat test then we move on to another test. What scratches it, and what does it scratch. Can you see through a small portion of the whole stone? A good test would be to make a window. Take a grinding wheel, and just touch the stone in one spot. What colour is the dust? What does the stone look like on the spot where it is touched. Where the window is might need to be wetted to view, however, if it is not asphaltic, it will show interesting colours inside the stone. Could it be slag? The seam really stands out in my mind. It is unusual the way it is to be found naturally.
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