I do play a scientist on television, so here goes : 1) Roosevelt County 005 - the only known L6 that weighs 12 grams.
2) Elephant Moraine 83290 - the most obscure LL6 that most people have never heard of. 3) NWA 4293 - set the world aesthetic standard for "wind polish" 4) Campo Del Cielo - gave the Argentines a reason to form jackbooted squads of stormtroopers to comb rock shows. 5) Buzzard Coulee - gave the fine folks in the great white north a way to make a little coin. Eh? 6) Dhofar 491 - is it an H5? Nobody is sure. It's one of only 2 known "H5?" meteorites. 7) Roosevelt County 009 - the other mysterious "H5?" meteorite. Who knew that Roosevelt County was famous for something other than Stuckey's legendary Pecan Log Roll? 8) Andhara - It's taken over 100 years to classify this stone, and the classification still isn't finished. 9) Kaalijarv - the only known Estonian iron. That's worth something. 10) LaPaz Icefield 04644 - scientists are still trying to unlock the mysteries hidden away in this .63 gram piece of relict fusion crust. ......................................................... Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA) Member of the Meteoritical Society. Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network. Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and http://www.glassthrower.com .......................................................... Message: 4 Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 23:38:35 -0800 (PST) From: greg stanley <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] What are the top 10 mostscientifically importantmeteorites? To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii All: I'm not a scientist but here goes. 1. ALH84001 2. Orgueil 3. Allende 4. Murchison 5. ALHA 81005 6. Tagish Lake 7. Abee 8. D'Orbigny 9. Canyon Diablo 10. Esquel Greg Stanley ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
