Walter Branch asked: > The correct year for the meteorite fall is 1994.
The reports in Sky & Telescope said it turned out to be slag. I am currently in the office and unable to check the old volumes of S&T, but I searched with Google and found this site: <http://tierra.rediris.es/merge/getafe.html> You will find some abstracts describing the "fall" first, with a few b/w images of the stone, the broken wind shield, etc. Later, you will find some abstracts describing the true nature of the stome (e.g., "space and terrestrial exposure ages which do not exceed 1,000 and 520,000 years, respectively" and "14C data are consistent with 'modern' carbon originated in the period 1955-1958 and not earlier or more recently. The possibility that Getafe could have a man-made origin (i.e. ceramic and refractory tiles, industrial slag) is also considered.", and "Larnite can also be artificially formed, especially during the synthesis of high technology refractory and ceramics materials, and as a mineral component of some industrial slags.") Hope this helps, Herbert ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
