Steve, thanks. Have you looked at meteor crater on terra- server.com? It is so cool you can zoom right down to the crater! I found it interesting that you could see an area from the craters north rim that is lighter color than the rest of the desert! It looks a little like the moon.
Thanks, Tom
The proudest member of the I.M.C.A. #6168
From: Steven Schoner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Tom / james Knudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] crater
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 14:49:17 -0700 (PDT)
It has been 6 or more years since I have been out
there.
But as I recall, I remember finding a shard of
Coconino sandstone about 5 miles due west of the
crater on what was Kiabab limestone. Whether it was
transported there or blown there by the impact I
cannot say.
However, I also found a number of .5 to 20 gram or so
irons that were definitely the shrapnel variety. Now
this surprised me as I was not expecting such small
pieces to be found 5 plus miles from the crater
proper. And more surprising, perhpas, was the fact
that nothing larger than 470 grams was found in the
several square miles that I searched. This was
consistent with the map that Holsinger had made in
1909--- no larger irons greater than 1 lb were found
there. But the small pieces I found interesting, as
did Roddy and Shoemaker. It was their opinion that
these were indeed "shrapnel" and that a "ray" of
material must have extended in the westerly direction
extending due west and southwest of the crater.
This is also confirmed with regards to reports of
numerous small irons having been found 1.5 to 3.5
miles due west and southwest of the crater.
As per the agreement that I was bound to (I think I
might go into the details of this later just to show
the nonsense and stonewalling that I had to go
through) all material that I collected was to be sent
to UCLA and or ASU, which I did. But due to the
aforementioned stonewalling the main objectives of the
project remain unfulfilled.
And now I am too old, and arthritic to complete it
even if I were allowed to.
And all the while irons still are being dug up, not
documented, and eventually not enough will remain to
make any future collection as I had envisioned over 20
years ago meaningful.
Winona, silicate and graphite inclusion questions, the
Type I, II, and III iron relationships.. and other
potential questions will not be answered.
Steve Schoner
http://www.geocites.com/american_meteorite_survey
--- Tom / james Knudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Hello List, I wrote this to steve in a reply to his
email, but it did not make it to the List: )I don't know if it made it to him either. Any one can answer if they know.Hello Steven, you sound like the perfect person to
ask this question too! Does any one know how far away from the center of the crater can material that once was in the crater be found? In other words (i can't understand the question myself) How far away from the crater can you find rocks that where part of the ground before the meteor hit?Thanks, Tom
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