Re: [meteorite-list] Melrose Meteorite

Melrose also has a very large amount of copper compaired to other meteorites, and copper is also a bi-product in gold mining. In fact, Nininger pointed out that the very visible copper found in Melrose in the form of large grains should be compared to so called Eaton meteorite which was copper

[meteorite-list] Melrose Meteorite

Hello All, I was reading the post from Peter Marmet about the AMM list of meteorites and couldn't help notice the Melrose meteorite, # 4 on the list. "The only American meteorite to contain gold". This meteorite has twice as much gold as what is considered to be "mineable amounts" ! ( ~.35

Re: [meteorite-list] Melrose Meteorite

Hello Larry and List, The only American meteorite to contain gold. No, this is not quite true - at least Bayard is another American stone meteorite that is reported to contain gold (although in much smaller amounts): HaH 237 (CB3b) - 0.14 ppm Au Orgueil (CI) - 0.145 ppm Au Bayard (L6) - 0.180