-- Carl or Debbie Esparza Meteoritemax > > Paul, > Thank you for this. I can't wait to read the full article. > This confirmation of the age is interesting. > Back on July 13, 2010 under the subject of "Gebel Kamil Iron is official now" > I suspected that this fall was known to the Oxus Civilization. > This because a very famous antiquity known as the "scarfaces" dated back to > c. 2000 BC. has the same texture on it's skin as this meteorite material has. > > > http://www.google.com/gwt/x?q=scareface+oxus+civilization&ei=VN8xTZC4MZSQNoDP3M0D&ved=0CA0QFjAB&hl=en&source=m&rd=1&u=http://www.louvre.fr/llv/oeuvres/detail_notice.jsp?CONTENT%253C%253Ecnt_id%3D10134198673225274%26CURRENT_LLV_NOTICE%253C%253Ecnt_id%3D10134198673225274%26FOLDER%253C%253Efolder_id%3D9852723696500803%26baseIndex%3D49%26bmLocale%3Den > > So, this fall being dated to < 5 K Y old confirms the possibility that this > may have been an observed fall. And may have hit and caused scars on some of > the victims. > Not only do these ancient figures display real meteoric iron but, they > display the same texture as this unique and amazing Kamil irons do. And now > the time of the fall coincides as well. > Maybe this was an observed fall after all and maybe it did harm some folks? > And these figures are proof of that event? > And maybe the dubious find location of these great "Scarfaces" can finally be > known? > Carl > > Carl or Debbie Esparza > Meteoritemax > > > ---- "Paul H." <oxytropidoce...@cox.net> wrote: > > A paper about the rayed Kamil Crater in Egypt has > been published online in advanced of its publication > in “Geology.” It is: > > Folco, L., M. Di Martino, A. El Barkooky, M. D'Orazio, A. > Lethy, S. Urbini, I. Nicolosi, M. Hafez, C. Cordier, M. van > Ginneken, A. Zeoli, A. M. Radwan, S. El Khrepy, M. El > Gabry, M. Gomaa, A. A. Barakat, R. Serra, and M. El > Sharkawi, 2011, Kamil Crater (Egypt): Ground truth > for small-scale meteorite impacts on Earth. Geology > published online January 5, 2011, doi: 10.1130/G31624.1 > > http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/early/2011/01/05/G31624.1.abstract > http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/early/recent > > The Kamil Crater provides a example of what a small, > 45 meter in diameter, impact crater looks like before > it is modified by erosion and information about the > mechanics of meter-scale impacts. It also indicates > that iron meteorites with masses of tens of tons may > be able to penetrate the atmosphere. > > Yours, > > Paul H. > ______________________________________________ > 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
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