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I wasn't aware of the abundance of information
available online. Now that i've thoroughly read the responses, i think i'm
all set. Thanks everyone for your feedback.
George Nicula
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 11:43
PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Kalkaska info
anyone?
George
Have a picture. Do you
prefer a jpeg, pdf, or bitmap (all black and white). It is from
Meteorites of Michigan Bulletin 5, dated 1968 (Michigan Geological
Survey).
Had no idea that Michigan State University has
the main mass.
1. In case you do not have Grady's Catalog
of Meteorites (2000), here is some info:
Kalkaska 44°38'49" N, 85°8'12"
W
Kalkaska County, Michigan, USA
Find 1947
Iron.
Valid(IIIAB) Medium octahedrite; bandwidth 1.0 mm
Approx. recovered weight:
9.4 kg
A mass of 20.72lb (9.4kg) was found, V.D. Chamberlain (1965; 1968).
Analysis, 7.39 %Ni, 18.1 ppm.Ga, 33.5 ppm.Ge, 11 ppm.Ir, E.R.D. Scott et al.
(1973). Description; shock-hardened, V.F. Buchwald (1975). Noble gas data
compilation, L. Schultz & H. Kruse (1989); L. Schultz pers. commun.
(1998).
Distribution: Main mass, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing; 670g,
U.S. Nat. Mus., Washington; 483g, Arizona State Univ., Tempe; 12g,
Max-Planck-Inst., Mainz; 27g, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Chicago; 25g, Algonquin,
DuPont Colln; 0.2g, Geol. Surv. Canada, Ottawa;
2. You might
check out
http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbullcheck.php
3.
Again you might
try
http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php?code=12234
4. Or
even
Published in Meteoritical
Bulletin, no. 34, Moscow (1965)
Find references in NASA
ADS
Have
fun,
Howard
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