Belize tektites and the tektite strewn field of western Belize. 05JUN2023

Belize tektites and the tektite strewn field of western Belize.

King, D.T., Jr., 2023. Belize tektites and the tektite strewn field of western Belize. Notas
Geológicas, Revista Maya de Geociencias, Junio 2023. pp. 62-75.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/371206778_Revista_Maya_de_Geociencias_-_Junio_2023

An older open access paper is:

Koeberl, C., Glass, B.P., Schulz, T., Wegner, W., Giuli, G., Cicconi, M.R., Trapananti, A., Stabile, P., Cestelli-Guidi, M., Park, J. and
Herzog, G.F., 2022. Tektite glasses from Belize, Central America: Petrography, geochemistry, and search for a possible meteoritic component. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 325, pp.232-257.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001670372200093X

Yours,

Paul H.

Zapotectite- what kinda name is that? Tikalites- Guatemala Tektites!

In "Zapotectite- what kinda name is that?" at
http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2011-May/076972.html ,

Carl asked:

"They say some were found in Mayan Ruins?"

These tektites were found in Tikal, Guatemala.

Go read:

Hildebrand, A. R., 1994, Appendix H, Report on tektites around at
Tikal, in H. Moholy-Nagy, and W. A. Haviland, eds., p. 100-101,
Tikal Report: The Artifacts of Tikal, Part B, Utilitarian Artifacts and
Unworked Material. vol. 27, University Museum Publications, University
of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 288 p.

Hildebrand, A. R., H. Moholy-Nagy, C. Koeberl, L. May, F. Senftle, A.
N. Thorpe, P. E. Smith, and D. York, 1994, Tektites around in the ruins
of the Maya city of Tikal, Guatemala. Abstracts of the 25th Lunar
and Planetary Science Conference, held in Houston, TX, 14-18 March
1994, p. 549.
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc1994/pdf/1275.pdf
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1994LPI....25..549H

Senftle, F. E., A. N. Thorpe, J. R. Grant, A. Hildebrand, H. Moholy-Nagy, 
B. J. Evans, and L. May, 2000, Magnetic measurements of glass from Tikal, 
Guatemala: Possible tektites. Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 105,
no. B8, pp. 18921-18926
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2000/2000JB900125.shtml

Tikal National Park, Guatemala
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikal
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/64
http://www.tikalpark.com/generalinfo.htm

Best wishes,

Paul H.

New Central American Tektite Strewn Field ( Mayanites )

In "Mayanites- a New Tektite Strewnfield",
at http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2011-March/074793.html

 

 and
http://www.mail-archive.com/meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com/msg95857.html

 

Scott Johnson wrote:

"Hi Brian That is quite interesting news about 
a new tektite strewnfield up by Chaa creek 
there on the western edge of Belize."

The web site, which he cited is "A New American 
Strewn Filed discovered in western Belize by 
Jean H. Cornec, Geologist, September 2010, at:
http://www.chaacreek.com/belize-travel-blog/2010/09/a-new-tektite-strewn-field-discovered-in-western-belize/

 

A recent online abstract about this strewn field is:

Povenmire, H., R. S. Harris, and J. H. Cornec, 2011,
The New Central American Tektite Strewn Field.
42nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.
abstract no. 1224, 1 p.
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2011/pdf/1224.pdf

 

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2011/pdf/sess809.pdf

 

A previous abstract is:

Izett, G. A., and G. P. Meeker, 1995, (super 40) Ar/ 
(super 39) Ar age and composition of tektites from 
Belize. Geological Society of America Abstracts 
with Programs. vol. 27, no. 6, p. 207.

Yours,

Paul H.