Dear Sikhote-Alin: Happy birthday old friend! Are you really sixty today? You hardly look a day over five billion.
Here are a couple of new photos I'd like to share: http://www.aerolite.org/catalogue/sikhote-1582-i.htm Looks like a pretty ordinary piece of shrapnel, right? 1,582 grams. Well, please take a look at the other side: http://www.aerolite.org/catalogue/sikhote-1582-ii.htm Several large, well-formed regmaglypts are clearly visible. As we know, the average size of thumbprints on Sikhote-Alin individuals increases in proportion to the size of the individual. The size of these thumbprints (1 1/2 inches by 3/4) suggests a large mass. I believe this to be an exterior fragment from one of the bigger Sikhote masses which exploded in flight. Comments? And really . . . happy birthday. My collection would be so dull without you : ) And when I have time -- tomorrow hopefully -- will finally get around to posting my annual Tucson Show wrap-up. Regards to all, Geoff N. www.aerolite.org ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list