[meteorite-list] When a fall turns out to be a find not recently fallen.

Dear List, It is possible that a meteorite might be seen to fall, and then the site of the fall investigated and a meteorite found; but upon later analysis the weathering, etc. reveals that the meteorite collected couldn't possibly have been the witnessed fall, but instead a coincidental

Re: [meteorite-list] When a fall turns out to be a find not recently fallen.

Yes, Sri Lanka right now. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 11, 2013, at 6:51 PM, Francis Graham fgra...@kent.edu wrote: Dear List, It is possible that a meteorite might be seen to fall, and then the site of the fall investigated and a meteorite found; but upon later analysis the weathering,

Re: [meteorite-list] When a fall turns out to be a find not recently fallen.

Hello Francis, This has happened many many times. The Handbook of Meteorites by Buchwald is full of those stories. Anne M. Black www.IMPACTIKA.com impact...@aol.com -Original Message- From: Michael Farmer m...@meteoriteguy.com To: Francis Graham fgra...@kent.edu Cc: meteorite-list