WOW! That is a reall y nice and fresh meteorite! Congratulations! What are the circumstances of the find?
On 12/1/06, MARK BOSTICK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Fellow Kansas Meteorite Society founder Jerry Calvert is having a problem > posting on the list, below is an e-mail from him on our newest Kansas > meteorite, It is super fresh. > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Calvert > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 12:39 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: New Kansas Meteorite! > Hi list, > I am pleased to announce a new meteorite recovered on May 11, 2006 from > Republic County near the town of Kackley, KS. > A fully crusted single stone weighing 1.368 kg was found adjacent to a > cultivated field. The specimen was classified by > Paul Sipiera at the Planetary Studies Foundation in Galena, Illionois. > Additional material will be sent to the University of Washington > for further study. The specimen has been classified as an H4 chondrite, Fa > 18.56, Fs 17.7. Below is a link to several photos compliments > of Mark Bostick and myself, larger res. photos available on request. The > main mass will remain with the Kansas Meteorite Society Collection in > Wichita, Kansas. The data > is being submitted to the nomenclature committee by Paul Sipiera with a > proposed name of "Kackley". > > http://www.kansasmeteorites.com/Klackley.html > > Best Regards, > Jerry Calvert > Kansas Meteorite Society > > > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > -- Mike Miller Po Box 314 Gerber Ca 96035 www.meteoritefinder.com 530-384-1598 ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
