Dear List,
An update, it looks like even though the two Kalahari lunar meteorites have
completely different classifications they are paired. This makes sense
since they were found just 50 meters apart. The abstract below proves this
since they both share the same CRE and terrestrial ages:
Hi Adam,
I don't know strewnfield stats so well,
but for the case, that they aren't fragments of the same stone, which were
transported later by a mechanism, the heck I dunno which,
wouldn't it be highly improbable, that two stones of a fall landed so close
to each other, especially as they have
When this meteorite came to my attention as a member of the NomCom, warning
bells went off in my head too. Enough evidence was presented to us to
convince us that these were meteorites, although I expected this not to be
the case, that we had to name them. But the find story is very odd. My
If you want to see the Kalahari 008/9 location from Google Earth, download
that program from http://kh.google.com/download/earth/index.html, then take
the snippet of code below, paste it into a text file, save it as
kalahari.kml, and then launch the file. There must be a better way to
send
with the very old terrestrial age, is it really that much of a surprise to
find diffrent analysis for a paired set of stones? Meteoirtes can weather
very diffirently in diffrent locations even through they are only located a
short distance away from each other, or heck, look at my favorite
Hi Adam, Martin, Jeff, and All,
First, as for Martin's question - it's not that unusual that two different
sized individuals of one and the same fall land that close to each other.
Take for example the 8 kilo + main mass of the SaU shergottite strewnfield
(SaU 008). Other, much smaller stones
Hi Again,
I meant a terrestrial age of over 300 thousand years not 300 million which
is still very old by meteoritic standards.
Take Care,
Adam
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Adam H. wrote:
Two completely different classifications for two rocks found
50 meters apart?
Just Curious,
Adam
1. Notice all the computations, theoretical scribblings, and lab equipment,
Adam ...
Yes, curiosity killed these cats... (see Gary Larson cartoon link:
www.diogenite.com/cat.jpg
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