Hi List, Maybe it's just semantics, but I would rank them thusly -
Calcalong Creek was the first "recovered" lunaite, while ALHA81005 is the first "discovered" lunaite. :) Best regards, MikeG --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Galactic Stone & Ironworks - Meteorites & Amber Website - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone News Feed - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone EOM - http://www.encyclopedia-of-meteorites.com/collection.aspx?id=1564 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- On 4/26/11, John.L.Cabassi <[email protected]> wrote: > G'Day Shawn and list > > The chicken. > > The scientific and philosophical mystery was purportedly unraveled by > researchers at Sheffield and Warwick universities, according to the > Daily Mail newspaper. > > The scientists found that a protein found only in a chicken's ovaries is > necessary for the formation of the egg, according to the paper > Wednesday. The egg can therefore only exist if it has been created > inside a chicken. > > The protein speeds up the development of the hard shell, which is > essential in protecting the delicate yolk and fluids while the chick > grows inside the egg :-) :-) > > Cheers John > IMCA 2125 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shawn > Alan > Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 5:59 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [meteorite-list] Which came first the chicken or the egg? > > > Hello Listers > > The question is which came first the chicken or the eggs? Well lets get > back to the but I have a better one, which came first Calcalong Creek > Lunar or ALHA81005 Lunar ? Sources and research states that ALHA81005 > was the first Lunar meteorite. But how can that be? Calcalong Creek > meteorite was recovered by an Aborigine meteorite hunter in the > Millbillillie strewnfield in 1960 ish and discovered by Robert Haag in > 1990 ish. Now wouldn't the statement make more since if it read like > this....... > > Calcalong Creek meteorite was the first discovered Lunar meteorite and > ALHA81005 was the first classified Lunar meteorite? > > These sources state this........ > > ALHA81005 > > Whats special about this one? > > It's the first rock found on Earth recognized to be a meteorite from the > Moon. Compositionally, mineralogically, and texturally it is unlike any > other lunar meteorite. > > http://meteorites.wustl.edu/lunar/stones/alha81005.htm > > > Calcalong Creek > > Whats special about this one? > > It was the first lunar meteorite to have been found outside of > Antarctica. It is the only lunar meteorite to have been found in > Australia. > > http://meteorites.wustl.edu/lunar/stones/calcalong.htm > > > I would say the links are partly right but feel that Calcalong Creek > should also say that it was the first found Lunar meteorite. > > So now what came first Calcalong Creek or ALHA81005 or can we say the > chicken? > > > 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 > > ______________________________________________ > 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 > -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Galactic Stone & Ironworks - Meteorites & Amber Website - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone News Feed - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone EOM - http://www.encyclopedia-of-meteorites.com/collection.aspx?id=1564 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________ 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
