Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: New Issue: Lunar meteorite Kalahari 009
It is too bad that Kalahari 009 was never officially weighed before it was cut. It seems that the anonymous owner could have at least given this record-breaking stone the dignity of a certified weigh-in. Using the term about 13.5 kilograms will never hold water in the record books and history will reflect on this poorly! It seems something as important as a lunar rock should at the very least be weighed accurately. I have the same issue with NWA 032 which is recorded ~300 grams. Why all these even figures? Can't the owners afford or borrow a calibrated scale? Official quote from the Meteortical Bulletin: A single stone of about 13.5 kg was found in September 1999 by an anonymous finder in front of a sand dune within the Kalahari desert, roughly 50 m apart from Kalahari 008. Best Regards, Adam --- Jerry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: RECORD MARE BASALT IN KALAHARI 009 Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: PSRD [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 7:37 PM Subject: New Issue: Lunar meteorite Kalahari 009 Announcement from Planetary Science Research Discoveries [PSRD] New Issue: Lunar meteorite Kalahari 009 contains fragments of basalt about 4.35 billion years old, a record-breaking old age for mare basalt. - READ: First summary paragraph for a quick overview PRINT: pdf version VIEW: short slide summary - FULL ARTICLE at: http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Dec07/cryptomareSample.html - PSRD is an educational web site supported by NASA's Cosmochemistry Program and the Hawaii Space Grant Consortium to share the latest research on meteorites, planets, moons, and other solar system bodies. You are subscribed to our free mailing list. We never send attachments. For more information please see http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/PSRDsubscribe.html - Jeff Taylor and Linda Martel Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice (808) 956-3899 fax (808) 956-6322 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: New Issue: Lunar meteorite Kalahari 009
This rock is so uncharacteristically meteoric in appearance, so terrestrial looking, I'd have tossed it had I been the one to find it. Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: Jerry [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite Mailing List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 8:34 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Fw: New Issue: Lunar meteorite Kalahari 009 RECORD MARE BASALT IN KALAHARI 009 Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: PSRD [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 7:37 PM Subject: New Issue: Lunar meteorite Kalahari 009 Announcement from Planetary Science Research Discoveries [PSRD] New Issue: Lunar meteorite Kalahari 009 contains fragments of basalt about 4.35 billion years old, a record-breaking old age for mare basalt. - READ: First summary paragraph for a quick overview PRINT: pdf version VIEW: short slide summary - FULL ARTICLE at: http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Dec07/cryptomareSample.html - PSRD is an educational web site supported by NASA's Cosmochemistry Program and the Hawaii Space Grant Consortium to share the latest research on meteorites, planets, moons, and other solar system bodies. You are subscribed to our free mailing list. We never send attachments. For more information please see http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/PSRDsubscribe.html - Jeff Taylor and Linda Martel Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice (808) 956-3899 fax (808) 956-6322 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: New Issue: Lunar meteorite Kalahari 009
It sure is not very attractive from this collector's view but none the less, a very important stone from a scientific standpoint and deserves the very best consideration including a formal weigh-in. I still do not understand all of the secrecy surrounding it and the short recovery story sure is strange! Also, that it spent no measurable time in space. How many records will this stone break before all is said and done? It is too bad its weight will never be official. Best Regards, Adam --- Jerry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This rock is so uncharacteristically meteoric in appearance, so terrestrial looking, I'd have tossed it had I been the one to find it. Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: Jerry [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite Mailing List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 8:34 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Fw: New Issue: Lunar meteorite Kalahari 009 RECORD MARE BASALT IN KALAHARI 009 Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: PSRD [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 7:37 PM Subject: New Issue: Lunar meteorite Kalahari 009 Announcement from Planetary Science Research Discoveries [PSRD] New Issue: Lunar meteorite Kalahari 009 contains fragments of basalt about 4.35 billion years old, a record-breaking old age for mare basalt. - READ: First summary paragraph for a quick overview PRINT: pdf version VIEW: short slide summary - FULL ARTICLE at: http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Dec07/cryptomareSample.html - PSRD is an educational web site supported by NASA's Cosmochemistry Program and the Hawaii Space Grant Consortium to share the latest research on meteorites, planets, moons, and other solar system bodies. You are subscribed to our free mailing list. We never send attachments. For more information please see http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/PSRDsubscribe.html - Jeff Taylor and Linda Martel Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice (808) 956-3899 fax (808) 956-6322 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
