Wow, 28 years in Geosciences, and he's never seen a meteorite before? No offense, but I hope someone else more fluent in meteoritics is going to double-check his work. ;)
On 4/16/10, Greg Stanley <stanleygr...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I wonder how many more will be found? Very cool. > > Good luck to everyone out there, and be safe. > > Greg S. > > > http://www.wrn.com/2010/04/uw-has-meteorite-fragment/ > > > UW has meteorite fragment > > by WRN Contributor on April 16, 2010 > > It was more than just a meteor in the sky Wednesday night. That today from > Professor John Valley of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Geoscience > Department, who confirms meteorites have been found. “Samples have been > located in southwestern Wisconsin,” says Valley. “We’ve been studying a > sample that was brought in by a landowner west of Madison.” > > What does it look like? “The piece we have is very small, about the size of > a peanut,” Valley says. “It is on the outside a dull black, matte black > finish, which is the fusion crust from when it became very hot falling > through the atmosphere.” On the inside are snow white crystals about the > size of a pea, in a matrix that is gray. Valley hopes anyone who finds a > piece will turn it over to the Geoscience Department. Valley has been with > the UW for 28 years and has never seen a real meteorite until now. > > _________________________________________________________________ > The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. > http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_3 > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Mike Gilmer - Galactic Stone & Ironworks Meteorites http://www.galactic-stone.com http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone ------------------------------------------------------------ ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list