Hi All,
Here's an interesting link to a scientific draft about "fossil meteorites": http://epsc.wustl.edu/~visscher/research/fossil_files/frame.htm (It works best for IE, and doesn't display correctly in Firefox, for some obscure reasons.) The author tries to come up with a definition for "fossil meteorite", following the suggestions of Schmitz B. and Tassarini M. (2001) "Fossil Meteorites" in "Accretion of Extraterrestrial Matter Throughout Earth's History". Kluwer Academic, New York, 319-331. "What is a fossil meteorite? - Meteorite with ancient terrestrial age - Buried in sediment after fall event - Incorporated into geologic record" At least the second point seems to be true for the meteorite in question as I have seen fragments imbedded into sediment... It will be interesting to see what terrestrial age will be determined for this material, in the end. All the best, Norbert Classen ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
