With one of the Shaw brothers involved in this recovery, there is most certainly a good story to go along with the find. Jerry? Mark? Do you guys have anything more to tell?
John At 02:15 PM 12/1/2006, Mike Miller wrote: >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 ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
