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Tektite from
Dodge County, Georgia, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Type:Tektite
Comments:Believed to be reworked from a source to the north or northwest
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tektite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dodge County, Georgia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:356563
Long-form Identifier:1:3:356563:6
GUID (UUID V4):91fa449f-eb19-4cce-9941-782c7591255d
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PressLtd.Printed inNorthern Trelnnd New data on Georgia tektites Space ELBERT A. KIWG JR.* Environment...Abstract-Geologic field work in Dodge County, Georgia, has demonstrated that all of the Georgia tektites have been...“strewn field” be abandoned in reference to the Georgia tekt,ite occurrence. The results of a chemical...to those of the only previous analysis of a Georgia tektite (USN&I 1396) reported by CLARKE and CARRON...(1961). PREVIOUS WORK THE FIRST tektites from Georgia were identified by Dr. E. P. HENDERSON of the Smithsonian
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DISTRIBUTION OF GEORGIA TEKTITES HaroldPovenmire Florida Fireball Patrol 215 Osage Drive Indian Harbour...area oj Dodge County, Georgia, in an effort to determine the distribution pattern oj Georgia tektites...elevation and tektite location. About 34 million years ago the North American tektite event occurred...occurred. This is the oldest of the known tektite events and also the largest, with an estimated mass of 13 billion...been found is in Dodge and its neighboring counties in Georgia. The first of the Georgia tektites was found
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE PARENT STRATUM AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE GEORGIA TEKTITES Harold Pownmire Florida Fireball Patrol 215...expeditions for Georgia tektites have been made to the vicinity of Dodge County, Georgia in an effort to...size, shape, soil type, elevation and tektite location. Georgia tektites have previously been found only...American tektite event is dated at 34 million years ago. It is the oldest of the known tektite events,...in quantity is Dodge and its neighboring counties in Georgia. The first of the Georgia tektites was found
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A LARGE GEORGIA TEKTITE Harold Povenmire Director- Florida Fireball Patrol Assistant Director- American... FL 33505 The first Georgia tektite was found by Dewey Horne of Empire Georgia in 1938 and identified...Smithsonian as a "probable tektite". Until 1959 only about 12 specimens of Georgia tektites had been recovered...recovered from the Dodge County area. In the 1960's, William Hambrick of Eastman, Georgia found a beautiful...beautiful 36.0 gram tektite that was shaped like a silver dollar. It was the largest tektite of its kind and
Book
................ 6 Title Page Definition of a Tektite .................................................Terrestrial Rocks .................................... 8 Tektite Forms ...........................................Glasses ...............•............. 10 Date of Tektite Discoveries .....................................Vineyard Tektite .................................................... 15 The Cuban Tektite........................................ 16 History Of The Georgia Tektites .....................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
9-14 (1997) 0 Meteontical Society, 1997. Printed in USA. Krypton and xenon fractionation in North American...-2267, USA 2Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3255, USA "Institute...bediasites and 2 georgiaites) and one Ivory Coast tektite. Radiogenically produced 4He may explain the large...enormous 20Ne/36Ar enrichments observed in all tektite samples, similar to those reported from other tektites...enrichments greater than those determined for any other tektite group or terrestrial samples other than shales
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
511. XIER Moldavita and similar tektites from Georgia, U.&A. RECENTLY evidence has been uncovered by...sivoly that tektites are found in Dodge County and Irwin County, Georgia. Two tektit,es were purchased by...were found in the northern part of Dodge County near Empire, Georgia (HENDERSON, 1957). The writer earlier...1968). Thin-section examination of t,he Goorgk tektite showed the same inhomogeneities and lechatelierite...stated, “One is inclined to regard the Empire, Georgia., tektites as moidavites unt.il concrete evidence
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(1996) 0 Meteoritical Society, 1996. Printed in USA. Catalogs and Inventories The meteorite collection...Chondrites Abee Eagle Canada Nebraska (USA) Happy Canyon Indarch Texas (USA) Azerbaigian 1952 Jun. 10 found...Mexico (USA) Algeria Algeria Saudi Arabia France Nigeria New Mexico (USA) Michigan (USA) S.Dakota (USA) %Australia...Argentina Thailand New Mexico (USA) S.Australia S.Australia New Mexico (USA) found 195 1 found 1989 found...Jilin Juanita De Angeles Kalvesta Kesen Kimble County Laundry East Melvern Lake Mills Mount Baldr Mulga
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
been done to tlsamino the naxociations between tektite falls and various impact glasses. The previous...associated with tektite falls. INTR~DUCTI~H establishing the chronology of tektite formation, geochronological...are indistinguishable from those of the various tektite groups (GE~TNER, LIPPOLTand SCHAEFFER,1963; FLEISCHERand...Sometimes we find that several samples from the same tektite fall give a spread of ages by fission track dating...AGE FISSION TRACK AGE Fig. 2. Distribution of tektite groups and associated impact glasses. The numbers
Report (edition)
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GEORGIA GEOLOGY FROM 1960 THROUGH 1964 by Howard Ross Cramer Emory University...Atlanta, Georgia STATE OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Joe D. Tanner, Commissioner GEORGIA GEOLOGIC...1972) BULLETIN 84 ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GEORGIA GEOLOGY FROM 1960 THROUGH 1964 by Howard Ross...Ross Cramer, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia INTRODUCTION This bibliography is a continuation of, and...Annotated bibliography of Georgia geology through 1959, published by the Georgia Department of Mines, Mining
Report (edition)
937 403 THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF OF GEORGIA GEORGIA GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES , MINING AND GEOLOGY...ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY 101 OF A3 0 84 Đľ .8 Đżo n GEORGIA GEOLOGY FROM 1960 THROUGH 1964 by Howard Ross...will be augmented as new subjects are published GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES , MINING AND GEOLOGY Jesse...Bulletin Number 84 ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GEORGIA GEOLOGY FROM 1960 THROUGH 1964 by Howard Ross...University , Atlanta , Georgia ES MINNIINNG G MIN MENT G AND EOLOG Y ATLANTA 1972 GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
511. XIER Moldavita and similar tektites from Georgia, U.&A. RECENTLY evidence has been uncovered by...sivoly that tektites are found in Dodge County and Irwin County, Georgia. Two tektit,es were purchased by...were found in the northern part of Dodge County near Empire, Georgia (HENDERSON, 1957). The writer earlier...1968). Thin-section examination of t,he Goorgk tektite showed the same inhomogeneities and lechatelierite...stated, “One is inclined to regard the Empire, Georgia., tektites as moidavites unt.il concrete evidence
Report (chapter)
discoveries in Indo-China, the Ivory Coast and the USA, in the first half of the 20th century. F.E. Suess...South China: dumbbell splash form and layered tektite glass. cultural strata near Krems and Willendorf...1936, H.B. Stenzel described tektites from Jackson County, Texas (in 1936, recorded by Barnes 1940) and tektites...were again reported by E.P. Henderson from Dodge County, Georgia in 1938 (King 1964). Tektites up to this...Application Czech and Slovakia finds Texas finds USA Georgia finds USA Australian finds Finds in Laos, Vietnam
Report (issue)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GEORGIA GEOLOGY 1965 through 1970 by Howard Ross Cramer STATE OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF...Director ATLANTA 1976 ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GEORGIA GEOLOGY FROM 1965 through 1970. by Howard Ross...Bibliography of Georgia Geology through 1959 and the Annotated Bibliography of Georgia Geology, supplement...These were published as Bulletins 79 and 84 of the Georgia Geological Surve-y, This bibliography contains...Each article was read, annotated, and indexed by county, subject, and geological age where appliGable.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
nor even under an argon lamp. "Fluorite. Teller County, Colorado." —on label. CONNECTICUT—"Perhaps you...(Gallant's Minerals), Box 32, Moodus, Conn. GEORGIA—"Georgia Tektites and Related Glasses" is the title...Henderson which appeared in the Winter 1961 issue of Georgia Mineral Newsletter, pp.90-114. The article is beautifully...few Georgia Tektite specimens that are known (approximately 15) have been found in Dodge County near...Irwin County near Osierfield. These localities are indicated on the accompanying map of the tektite area
Journal (issue)
95 PPD USA Medium Flow............... $7.95 PPD USA Hard Flow .................... $7 .95 PPD USA COMPLETE...COMPLETE POSTPAID USA... $21.95 We accept your BankAmerlcard or Master Charge, please send your card no... WALL HANGER AND MOUNTING HARDWARE, POSTPAID IN USA. WHOLESALE QUANTITY PRICES AVAILABLE. TRANSISTOR...MINERALS - 45 Bediasite recovered from Grimes County, Texas, near Bedias. • {'(] .... their origin...usually exist. This specimen comes from Grimes County, Texas. It is frosted (magnification 2X). 46 -
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT OF SURVEY OF MINES, MINING GEORGIA AND- GEOLOGY J. H. AUVIL JR., Director ! STRATIGRAPHY...GEOLOGY OF PORTIONS OF PERRY AND COCHRAN QUADRANGLES,GEORGIA # BY S. M. PICKERING JR. ATLANTA 1970 DEPARTMENT...MINING AND GEOLOGY 19 Hunter Street, S. W. Atlanta, Georgia, 30334 404/522-7076 August 15, 1970 His Excellency...Governor of Georgia and Commissioner Ex-Officio State Division of Conservation Atla:nta, Georgia 30334 Dear...Portions of Perry and Cochra.11. Quadrangles, Georgia," by Samuel M. Pickering, Jr., a member of this
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
was funded by the Planetary Society, California, USA. References: [1] Suero T. 1951. SEGEMAR Boletin 76:67...way to obtain such data. The upcoming Messenger (USA) and BepiColombo (Europe, Japan) orbiting and orbiting/...Goldstone 70 m—Green Bank 100 m radio interferometer (USA) [2, 4]. This limiting, one-look accuracy roughly...Science. A9 © Meteoritical Society, 2003. Printed in USA. A10 66th Meeting of the Meteoritical Society:...University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA. 2Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary
Book (edition)
from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...of tourmaline crystal forms 38. Map of San Diego County, California gem sources 3 9. Stewart Lithia· and...View of Clear Creek, San Benito County, California 55. Monterey County jade-producing shoreline, California...San Benito County, Calfornia E. L. Gray Opencut wall, Dallas Gem mine, San Benito County, California...Vineyard, Massachusetts tektite Osierfield, Georgia tektite Thin section of Georgia tektite Porphyry from near
Book
_ _ .... ____________________ ..... CHAPTER 11 Georgia 1 CHAPTER 12 Alabama 0 0 . . . . . . . . _...y ' s f i r s t g o l d r u s h a t Dahlonega, Georgia. S o m u c h gold w a s f o u n d b y eager prospectors...t a r t o f t h e C i v i l W a r . O t h e r Georgia counties a n d n e i g h b o r i n g s t a t e...f gold! Gold c a n s t i l l be f o u n d i n Georgia a n d i n t h e r i v e r s a n d streams o f i...e , S p a r t a n b u r g , U n i o n , Oconee Georgia: Cherokee, Dawson, L u m p k i n , M c D u ff i
Report (issue)
STATE GEORGIA DIVISION OF CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINING AND GEOLOGY A. S. Furcron, Director...Bulletin Number 79 ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GEORGIA GEOLOGY THROUGH 1959 by Howard Ross Cramer, Arthur...James George Lester Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia ATLANTA 1967 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Department...Governor of Georgia and Commissioner Ex-Officio State Division of Conservation Atlanta, Georgia 30334 Dear...and Geology entitled, "Annotated Bibliography of Georgia Geology Through 1959," by Drs. Howard R. Cramer
Report (issue)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GEORGIA GEOLOGY 1971 through 1979 by Howard Ross Cramer ATLANTA 1986 GEORGIA DEPARTMENT...PROTECTION DIVISION GEORGIA GEOLOGIC SURVEY BULLETIN 101 ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GEORGIA GEOLOGY 1971...1971 through 1979 by Howard Ross Cramer Georgia Department of Natural Resources J. Leonard Ledbetter, Commissioner...Division Harold F. Reheis, Assistant Director Georgia Geologic Survey William H. McLemore, State Geologist...1986 BULLETIN 101 ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GEORGIA GEOLOGY FROM 1971 through 1979. by Howard Ross
Book
Juvinas, France Kendall County, Texas Khairpur, Pakistan Mincy, Missouri Moore County, North Carolina Morristown...(1947) The Pena Blanca Spring Meteorite, Brewster County, Texas: Am. Mineralogist, vol. 32, p. 354-364....first North American tektites (Fig. 2) from Grimes County, Texas, and his comprehensive review of the previous...left: dark green, transparent, bent drop-shaped tektite. Fine surface sculpture is caused by etching in... ORIGIN 71 Figure 2 Large bediastie (Texas tektite) from near Bedias, Texas. Approximate diameter
Book
Ni content. Only one iron meteorite (Oktibbeha County, 60% Ni) is known to have such a high Ni content...Africa. Flue dusts of coals occurring mainly in the county of Durham, England. Zinc ores of the Joplin, Missouri...59 88 1-2 32 33 55 27 | Edmonton 28 | Forsyth County 29 | Four Corners 31 | Gladstone gallium, %2]...2°31 Bristol County Cowra = a 15 — 97-5 — Deep Springs <1 1-1*...of 100 disagreement with Shima’s result on Clark County. This can scarcely be due to a decimal point error
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Science, Pennsylvania State University—DuBois, PA, USA. E-mail: abreu@psu.edu. Introduction: CR chondrites...Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA. E-mail: agee@unm.edu. Introduction: NWA 6588 was...Institution of Washington, Washington, DC 20015, USA. E-mail: alexander@dtm.ciw.edu. 2GL, Carnegie Institution...Institution of Washington, Washington, DC 20015, USA. 3IARC, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD...and Planetary Institute, USRA, Houston, TX 77058, USA. 5The NASA Lunar Science Institute. 6 SEAES, University
 
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