Apparently it was on Fox news; a list member said it was a pallasite. matt
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 6:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Rare Stony-Iron Meteorite Kept In Missouri Garage For Two Years On Tue, 19 February 2002, "Matt Morgan" wrote > > I heard 2.3 kg or so. Unless the object in question is examined by an authority on meteorites, I would take this report with more than a "grain of salt" So many times I get letters and e-mails saying that the rocks found were "confirmed by a college" and it turns out otherwise... Steve Schoner. AMS > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Miconi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Matson, Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 3:43 PM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Rare Stony-Iron Meteorite Kept In Missouri > Garage For Two Years > > > > Did they mention how big it is? I did not see it in the article. > > > > Mark M > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Matson, Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: 'Ron Baalke' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 2:55 PM > > Subject: [meteorite-list] Rare Stony-Iron Meteorite Kept In Missouri > Garage > > For Two Years > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > ... > > > > > > > "I said, 'Oh my gosh, a stony-iron meteorite,' " Rohs said. > > > > Rohs took it to a University of Kansas professor, who confirmed > > > > her conclusions. > > > > > > So the question is: pallasite or mesosiderite? --Rob > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ___________________________________________________________________ Join the Space Program: Get FREE E-mail at http://www.space.com. ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
