[meteorite-list] 5,000+ Year Old Egyptian Iron Meteorite Beads
An interesting discovery: http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0820/Out-of-this-world-Ancient-Egyptians-wore-meteorite-jewelry Phil Whitmer Joshua Tree Earth Space Museum __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] 5,000+ Year Old Egyptian Iron Meteorite Beads
List, Meteoritic iron has been idendified as the material of some small Egyptian relics since the 1800's. The oldest is 9 beads from two graves in Gerzah (3500 BC): http://www.gizapyramid.com/meteorite.htm King Tut had'em. He also had tektite (Libyan Desert Glass) jewelry. Sterling Webb - -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Joshua Tree Earth Space Museum Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2014 12:28 PM To: meteorite list Subject: [meteorite-list] 5,000+ Year Old Egyptian Iron Meteorite Beads An interesting discovery: http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0820/Out-of-this-world-Ancient-Egyptia ns-wore-meteorite-jewelry Phil Whitmer Joshua Tree Earth Space Museum __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] 5,000+ Year Old Egyptian Iron Meteorite Beads
Hello Phil, Sterling, List, See also: Burke J.G. (1986) Cosmic Debris, Meteorites in History, p. 230. Johnson D. et al. (2013) Analysis of a prehistoric Egyptian iron bead with implications for the use and perception of meteorite iron in ancient Egypt (MAPS 48-06, 2013 June, pp. 997-1006). Best wishes, Bernd __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] 5,000+ Year Old Egyptian Iron Meteorite Beads
Forgot to mention this one: Johnson D. et al. (2013) Iron from the Sky: Meteorites in Ancient Egypt (Meteorite, Winter 2013, pp. 8-13). Cheers, Bernd __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] 5,000+ Year Old Egyptian Iron Meteorite Beads
Hello Listers Here is an abstract from an article from MAPS on the Egyptian beads down below. Shawn Alan IMCA 1633 ebay store http://www.ebay.com/sch/imca1633nyc/m.html Meteoritefalls.com Analysis of a prehistoric Egyptian iron bead with implications for the use and perception of meteorite iron in ancient Egypt Authors: Johnson, Diane; Tyldesley, Joyce; Lowe, Tristan; Withers, Philip J.; Grady, Monica M. AbstractTube-shaped beads excavated from grave pits at the prehistoric Gerzeh cemetery, approximately 3300 BCE, represent the earliest known use of iron in Egypt. Using a combination of scanning electron microscopy and micro X-ray microcomputer tomography, we show that microstructural and chemical analysis of a Gerzeh iron bead is consistent with a cold-worked iron meteorite. Thin fragments of parallel bands of taenite within a meteoritic Widmanstätten pattern are present, with structural distortion caused by cold-working. The metal fragments retain their original chemistry of approximately 30 wt% nickel. The bulk of the bead is highly oxidized, with only approximately 2.4% of the total bead volume remaining as metal. Our results show that the first known example of the use of iron in Egypt was produced from a meteorite, its celestial origin having implications for both the perception of meteorite iron by ancient Egyptians and the development of metallurgical knowledge in the Nile Valley. link: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013M%26PS...48..997J __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
