G'day Anne, Bernd & List, As Bernd mentioned the first slice took a while to cut. I also remember hearing that some of the larger slices cut from the huge Mundrabilla masses took more than a month to complete a single slice!!!
Cheers, Jeff Kuyken I.M.C.A. #3085 www.meteorites.com.au ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [email protected] Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 8:15 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Cutting a large meteorite with ... In a message dated 2/26/2005 1:52:38 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: About 8 or 9 slabs were cut from this mass, four of which (about 250 kg each) were donated to the Smithsonian Institution, the Academy of Science in Moscow, the British Museum in London, and the Australian Museum in Adelaide. ---------------------------------------------------------- And here is a picture I took a couple years ago of the slice at the Smithsonian: (http://www.impactika.com/mundrabilla.jpg) Beautiful. And taller than me! Anne M. Black www.IMPACTIKA.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] President, I.M.C.A. Inc. www.IMCA.cc ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
