Hello Listers, I have a good question I was doing some searching around on the net today and I came across an article called THE PENA BLANCA SPRING METEORITE, BREWSTER COUNTY, TEXAS BY John T. Lonsdale University of Texas, Austin Texas With in the article it was stated that the meteorite plunged into a swimming pool feed by natural spring water hence where the meteorite got its name. I have also read this meteorite was recovered from a pond, stock pond. Now can these natural spring water swimming pools be man made and if so was the one on Gages ranch about 9.5 miles southeast of Marathon in Brewster County, Texas man made as well? If thats the case wounldnt Pena Blanca Springs meteorite be a HAMMER STONE?
Good indication that can suggest that this swimming pool/ pond could be man made is that after the pool was drained about 4 feet below normal level to recover some of the meteorite fragments. In order to drain a pool/pond there has to be some construction implemented in order to achieve that? Down below is some points taken from the article and also a link to the whole article. Please take a look and share your thoughts on what you think. Abstract The Pena Blanca Spring meteorite fell August 2, 1946, in the swimming pool at the headquarters of the Gage Ranch near Marathon in Brewster County, Texas. Twenty-four people were within a few hundred feet of the point of fall, and one person saw the meteorite in flight. Many interesting incidents were accurately reported. As far as known, man has never constructed a device in which to trap a meteorite falling to the earth. Had he done so, possibly he could not have improved upon the swimming pool at the headquarters of the Gage ranch about 9.5 miles southeast of Marathon in Brewster County, Texas. This swimming pool received the Pena Blanca Spring meteorite with a violent splash at about 1:20 p.u. on August 2, 1946. The meteorite is named from the spring which forms the swimming pool and which is an historic landmark in the region. http://www.minsocam.org/ammin/AM32/AM32_354.pdf Lastly, why I brought this up is because in numerous cases I have read swimming pool and swimming pool means man made. But again the word can be subjective. Shawn Alan IMCA 1633 eBaystore http://shop.ebay.com/photophlow/m.html ______________________________________________ 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
