Re: [meteorite-list] My take on Nakhla

2002-01-26 Thread almitt
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Direct quote from Alain Carion: I have tried to find the exact impact site but some 50cm of the top-soil has been removed in that area to be spread on the desert and fertilize it. Dog Gone :-) --AL __ Meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] My take on Nakhla

2002-01-25 Thread Matson, Robert
Hi Ron and List, Regarding the Nakhla re-wording: A rain of 40 stones fell from the sky in 1911 near Nakhla in Egypt. The falls were preceded by an appearance of a cloud and detonations, frightening local residents. There is an eyewitness account that one of the fragments hit a dog. Attempts

Re: [meteorite-list] My take on Nakhla

2002-01-25 Thread David Weir
Matson, Robert wrote: Hi Ron and List, Regarding the Nakhla re-wording: A rain of 40 stones fell from the sky in 1911 near Nakhla in Egypt. The falls were preceded by an appearance of a cloud and detonations, frightening local residents. There is an eyewitness account that one of

Re: [meteorite-list] My take on Nakhla

2002-01-25 Thread Impactika
In a message dated 1/25/2002 4:31:49 PM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Perhaps the most useful (and rewarding) thing that could be done at this point would be to go to Denshal (I didn't say it would be cheap!) and find a Nakhla meteorite there. It wouldn't add much in the way