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Just a slice of heaven Mary Bolling Herald Sun (Australia) May 24, 2006 WHAT'S 1.2 tonnes, as big as a washing machine, and falls out of the sky? It's a meteorite, but don't panic -- it arrived in Melbourne by truck. The monster meteorite fell about 200,000 years ago at Mundrabilla, on the Nullarbor Plain in WA. And it's in Melbourne with steel specialists Bohler-Uddenholm, who are slicing up the giant for research. The Dandenong-based team have used a 13.5m saw to cut the nickel-iron rock in half, and are slicing one half into 15mm thick slices. Each time they cut through the meteorite, it takes eight hours of constant sawing. Bohler-Uddenholm sales manager Warren Spencer said it would take about a week to carry out the job. "It's the first time we've ever had to cut a meteorite, but basically it's a solid lump of iron with a few holes in it," Mr Spencer said. An Australian museum will research the meteorite. It will then be on display to the public. ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
