| 1. | The terrestrial source for tektites is supported by well-documented evidence.
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| 2. | Some Apollo 14 samples also had chemistries similar to tektites.
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| 3. | This helped establish that tektites were produced in meteorite impacts.
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| 4. | The Tektite II missions were carried out in 1970.
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| 5. | The Tektite II missions were the first to undertake in-depth ecological studies.
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| 6. | Much of the research for Tektite I centered on humans in this new environment.
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| 7. | The difference in water content can be used to distinguish tektites from terrestrial volcanic glasses.
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| 8. | The ages of tektites from the four strewnfields have been determined using radiometric dating methods.
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| 9. | The name Tektite generally refers to a class of meteorites formed by extremely rapid cooling.
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| 10. | The Program Manager for the Tektite projects at General Electric was Dr . Theodore Marton.
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