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I have always prefered to think the West Branch would be easier to
locate more of, and there should be more laying around near someones
house. I have been to the area and think there is more there. Best, Dave F. G. Nicula wrote: 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 ----- From: McLean, Howard L To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [email protected] 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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