Mike, Greg, All, Just 1.6 tonnes? It's a 40 meter crater. Use some logic/physics. Carancas made a 40 *foot* crater. The low estimates of its mass were in the 2-3 tonne range. This crater is three times the diameter... The amount that's there is going to be a lot more than 1,600 kg. I'd guess at least 10 tonnes or so, probably more. Note how every fragment yet recovered was found on the surface of the desert - every single piece has a nice side that is desert varnished -- and they say they picked up only half of what was there... Just wait 'till someone goes with a metal detector.... Regards, Jason
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Galactic Stone & Ironworks <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi List, > > The new Egyptian iron is now official and in the Met Bulletin > database. Notice the TKW! 1.6 metric tons! That is a lot of > fragments. > > Also notice the classification type - iron ungrouped. Not "ataxite". > Although the write-up does say the meteorite shows an "ataxitic > structure". > > http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php?code=52031 > > Best regards, > > MikeG > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
