I've asked Robert Haag when Calcalong Creek was found, and he said
"no idea amigo."
The actual find dates for the three Yamato 79xxxx stones are listed here
http://meteorites.wustl.edu/lunar/moon_meteorites_list_alpha.htm
I dug those out of the Japanese literature.
Randy Korotev
At 01:26 PM 2011-04-27 Wednesday, you wrote:
Jeff, Al, Martin and Listers,
After reading the posts I have a better idea how I am going to
approach the Calcalong Creek and ALHA81005 meteorites and stay true
to science and culture that these meteorites hold. I do believe the
stories that follows these meteorites are great and right in their
own. And I am also intrigued by the EETA79001 meteorite that Jeff
had suggested about Mars meteorites. Al, being there when Robert
unveiled the Calcalong Creek has to be an all time high to see and
hold that meteorite. Now lets go out and find the first American
Lunar meteorite guys.
Rock on
Shawn Alan
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Let's make no mistake about the importance of ALHA81005: this was the
stone that led to the discovery that rocks from the Moon were present in
the meteorite record on Earth.
Likewise, EETA79001 was the stone that provided the first convincing
evidence that Mars rocks were present on Earth. Until that time,
Chassigny and Nakhla were just different kinds of achondrites.
These meteorites are the ones that belong in the science hall of fame.
Jeff
On 4/27/2011 1:10 AM, Shawn Alan wrote:
> Hello Frank and Listers,
>
> Why I asked this question was because a couple weeks ago I sent
out some emails on a project I am working on and someone had
suggested that I should have ALHA81005 with the project I am doing
because it was the first Lunar meteorite found. Thats some big new
for the meteorite/science world. I got to looking around and saw
that the date was 1981 or 1982 when the lunar was discovered and I
had also noticed on the Meteoritical Bulletin Database that
Calcalong Creek was discovered 1960. I had also read other sources
that stated that the Calcalong Creek was found after 1960 but
before 1990 by an Aborigine meteorite hunter in the Millbillillie
strewnfield. Science likes to be 100% right so to say that the
ALHA81005 was the first discovered lunar meteorite has some doubt
in my mind because of the project I am doing. Yes I can agree that
the ALHA81005 is the first classified meteorite, however to say
that it was the first lunar to be found has some little
doubts
> because of what had be going on in Austrial from 1960 to 1990
with the collecting of the Millbillillie meteorites. I would like
to see or hear what Robert Haag can recall from that day when he
found that specail meteorite. Hes the first source and could help
enlighten what he can recall from the day he found the first lunar
meteorite out side of Anartica and could also be the first found
lunar as well. Hope he reads this and can put some light on to this
fasinating discovery.
>
>
> Shawn Alan
> IMCA 1633
> eBaystore
> http://shop.ebay.com/photophlow/m.html
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