hello in few words this meteorite is Tonganoxie? regards
Matteo --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: > Hello Matteo, Sterling and List, > > Last February I, too, thought and wrote this might > be the ADMIRE pallasite > because of the find date. But the picture clearly > shows that this meteorite > is an iron and not a pallasite. The etch pattern > seems to be that of a IIIAB > iron and this narrows my speculations down to the > Tonganoxie IIIAB iron > which was found in Leavenworth County in, well, 1886 > :-( > > But, look what I've unearthed :-) > > > BUCHWALD V.F. (1975) Handbook of Iron Meteorites, > Volume 3, p. 1224: > > "According to Snow (1891) and Bailey (1891), the > mass was irregular of shape, > resembling a "lion couchant" (sleeping lion), and > measuring 24 x 16 x 9 cm." > > So, maybe the meteorite in question is Tonganoxie > and the date of find was > erroneously given as that of the Admire pallasite. > > Best wishes, > > Bernd > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato Via Triestina 126/A - 30173 - TESSERA, VENEZIA, ITALY Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sale Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.it Collection Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.info MSN Messanger: spacerocks at hotmail.com EBAY.COM:http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/mcomemeteorite/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Poco spazio e tanto spam? Yahoo! Mail ti protegge dallo spam e ti da tanto spazio gratuito per i tuoi file e i messaggi http://mail.yahoo.it ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
