Hello all, On a quiet snowy night here in Pennsylvania I had a thought about "classic" meteorites. My first question was...what is a classic meteorite? Lots of answers I'm sure to that...but I came up with my own simple set of Rules.
Popular, nice material, in lots of collections, stays in good condition, rich history, can be acquired if desired, should stay a favorite, etc. Here is my own list and ranking. Top 10 Classic Meteorites 1. Sikhote-Alin: an iron from a Russian fall in 1947 2. Canyon Diablo: an iron found near Meteor Crater, USA 3. Allende: a carbonaceous chondrite fall in Mexico in 1969 4. Gibeon: an iron found in Africa 5. Gao: a stone from a 1960 fall in Burkino Faso 6. Murchison: an awesome carbonaceous fall in Australia in 1969 7. Esquel: a pallasite type stony-iron found in South America 8. Zagami: a 1962 Martian fall in Nigeria, Africa 9. Henbury: an iron found in Australia 10. Vaca Muerta: a mesosiderite type stony-iron found in South America Try your own list on us... putting Gao at #5 is probably too high with my list. John ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
