>Besides, Felton had seen meteorites only behind >museum glass. Sad, isn't it...
-Walter ----------------------------------------------- Walter Branch, Ph.D. Branch Meteorites 322 Stephenson Ave., Suite B Savannah, GA 31405 USA www.branchmeteorites.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Baalke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Meteorite Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 4:26 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Rare Stony-Iron Meteorite Kept In Missouri Garage For Two Years > > > http://digmo.org/news/local/premium/0218local11163.html > > Rare meteorite kept in garage for two years > Associated Press > February 18, 2002 > > MARYVILLE - One of the rarest types of meteorites, which > may date back 4.5 billion years, was kept in a Missouri garage for about two > years before a student brought it in to a geology teacher at Northwest > Missouri State. > > The student, who wants to remain anonymous, brought the rusty rock into > Richard Felton's general geology class out of curiosity. > > Felton and the student polished away the layers of rust and found a shiny > metallic surface beneath. > > "It was looking more and more unusual as we worked on it," Felton said. "I > didn't think it could be a meteorite, but I didn't give up on it, either." > > Just after midnight, Felton stopped his research and testing. He didn't want > to lose objectivity in his excitement. > > "Geologists are a conservative bunch," he said. "I was still trying to > convince myself that something this rare couldn't be sitting in my office." > > Besides, Felton had seen meteorites only behind museum glass. > > "I really needed someone who'd actually held and studied them," he said. > > He brought it to a colleague, Renee Rohs, an assistant professor of geology. > > "I said, 'Oh my gosh, a stony-iron meteorite,' " Rohs said. > > Rohs took it to a University of Kansas professor, who confirmed her > conclusions. > > Rohs said stony-iron meteorites typically net between $2 and $10 per gram. > In the mid-1980s, there were only 73 in the world, one of them found in > Missouri, two in Kansas and one in Iowa. > > A friend of the student who brought the meteorite to Felton found the rock > in his field near Fairfax. > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
