Hello all,
I think it would be correct to use "strewnfield"...one word.
When someone talks about a corn field, two words are used. Another way to say
this is : "field of corn."
If "strewn field" is the correct, would one also be correct in saying "field of
strewn"? I don't think that works.
Hi Walter and all,
I believe that the "lunar farside" origin of NWA 482 comes from the linked
article below:
http://www.catchafallingstar.com/nwa482/nwa482farside.htm
Cheers,
Frank
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Hello all,
Thought I'd add that the first occurrance of elemental copper was found in the
Richardson (North Dakota) fall of 1918. It is noted in a paper by Quirke in
1919.
Cheers,
Frank
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Hi Shawn,
Are you asking what the oldest meteorite is or the oldest component in a
meteorite? There are metamorphosed sedimentary rocks on Earth that are a
billion years old but contain zircons that are dated as a couple of billion
years older than that. So if you're asking about the oldest m
Hello Erik and all,
I've used gravity for many years now and never had any problems. It easy to
come by and inexpensive.
Cheers,
Frank ;-)
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Don't use putty
Hello all,
On a more serious note, you can put your specimen in a membrane box and the use
an adhesive or putty under the box and have no problems at all.
Cheers,
Frank
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Hi Mike and List members,
This was announced back in November. Mike Farmer has a write-up with photos on
his website. Look under his "collection" link and click on Duale. The link to
his site is:
http://www.meteoritehunter.com/
Enjoy,
Frank
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Hi Tom and all,
I'll certainly second your recommendations. Especially interesting was the
article where fusion crust was described as:
"Sensuous undulations of frozen liquid rock embrace the regmaglypts like black
silk sheets clinging to sweaty lovers."
I'll leave it for the readers to find
Hello all,
Since Jack mentioned on his "Kendleton correction" post that I was writing a
book on falls, I have received a couple of emails requesting information about
it or wishing to reserve a copy when it's completed. I'm, of course, very
flattered in the interest, but the book is far from b
Hi Mike and all,
The stone from the Sudan fall looks to have fairly glassy, shiny crust. A
possible eucrite...or a shergottite??? ;-) I seem to remember when we first
heard about the fall, Rob Matson?? thought its orbit took it near Mars.
Interesting to see what's its classification will be
Hi Rubin and all,
One hundred and fifty years ago, a stone fell in Bethlehem, New York on August
11 that also involved a meteorite finding dog, apparently not as well trained
as the West, Texas dog. C.U. Shepard wrote:
“Mr. Vanderpool was at work near his house, and heard the explosion in
inding Dog of Bethlehem
> To: "Jeff Kuyken" , meteoritem...@yahoo.com, "Frank
> Cressy" , "Meteorite List"
> , "Walter Branch"
>
> Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 4:04 AM
> Anyone know of anyone selling any
Erik and all,
Can't tell too much through the weathered crust. Sometimes though, the
chondritic material in an impact melt breccia ablates easier than the melt
forming deeper than normal thumbprints. You might have to cut it to be sure.
The following link to Bob Haag's site has a photo of Cat
Hello all,
Glad the "basket" meteorite is going home. I remember seeing a post card of it
and thinking it was way cool. Maybe Mike Jensen has the post card in his
collection.
Cheers,
Frank
--- On Wed, 3/11/09, Eric Wichman wrote:
From: Eric Wichman
Subject: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyo
Hello Mike,
I count 14 official US falls since 1990. They are:
Burnwell, KY 1990
Noblesville, IN 1991
Peekskill, NY 1992
Coleman, MI 1994
Turtle Lake, WI 1996
Worden, MI 1997
Elbert, CO 1998
Monahans (1998), TX 1998
Portales Valley, NM 1998
New Orleans, LA 2003
Park Forest, IL 2003
Berthoud, CO
Hello David,
Welcome back. There was a interesting meteorite fall in Texas the day after
Valentines Day. You might find it interesting. Check out the list archives
for late February and March. There should be a couple of threads ;-)
Cheers,
Frank
--- On Wed, 6/17/09, David Deyarmin
Hi Michael,
You're definitely not the worst hunter...but looks like you might be in the
running as the worst finder though :-)
It's like the difference between fishing and catching. I consider myself a
good fisherman...catching fish is the difficult part!
Cheers,
Frank
--- On Thu, 7/16/0
Hi Greg,
1933 deserves the moniker as the "Year of the Fall". I counted 18 falls
worldwide and with six falls occurring in the US. Both numbers include
Williard (b), a possible witnessed fall. The US falls are Pasamonte, Cherokee
Springs, Athens, Williard (b, Sioux County, and Malaga. Pasa
Hello Tim,
How about giving up 2 stones for classification that
total 10 grams and have the other 48 looked at to
assure that they're really martian? Do I get an "A"?
Cheers,
Frank
--- Timothy Heitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Doug,
>
> This is what I'm thinking.
>
> Lets say I bought 50 Ma
Hello Bernd and all,
Just returned from Tucson late yesterday and am
catching up on email. Bernd is right about Bath
Furnace, it is a very interesting witnessed fall. So
I thought I'd add a bit more to the story.
The following link is to an image of a Bath Furnace
part slice from Al Lang's web
Hello Bernd and all,
I can't fully participate because my 5th edition is at
my office. The 4th edition has the place of fall at
Androniski but the online MNH catalogue (same as 5th
edition?) has the place as Anyksciuu.
Maybe this is what you were referring to?
All the best,
Frank
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Hello All,
Nininger's figures come from his book, "A Photographic
Study of Surface Features - Part II
Orientation". On page xiv of the Introduction,
Nininger states: "Orientation appears to be more
prevalent among the nickel-iron variety of meteorites
than among stony meteorites. A survey of so
Hello all,
70% clouds here in Bakersfield, but just saw the
eclipse through a window in the clouds. Outstanding!
And now to keep this post related to meteorites, how
about a bit of meteorite trivia?
If memory serves me right, I believe that the
Schenectady, New York, H5 meteorite fell on the sa
Hi Michael and all,
The Barboton you mentioned was a 9mg speck and went
for $46.67. Many people shopping ebay don't blink
until the price reaches a $100 or more. So price/gram
on a speck means nothing. The problem I see is that
this and other hammer specks and rare and historical
specks can neve
Hello all,
This is a resend of a previous post. I meant to
change the subject line but in my fever muddled state
I forgot. Sorry about that. Please reply to this
post to avoid confusion.
Frank
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>
> The Barboto
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Hey Mike,
At least you can say you've walked on Mars and be
truthful about it.
Frank
--- Michael Farmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Don, I know all about losing specks of rare
> meteorites. I was once sorting fragments of NW 998,
> Nakhlite, rarest of the rare, and I sneezed, about
> .25
> gr
s of
> > meteorite selling for ever higher prices, but it
> seems the price-to-weight
> > graph is almost "U" shaped, with more and more
> material ending up
> > as smaller and smaller fragments.
> >
> > Where is Steve Schoner? I'd always liked
Hi McCartney, Michael and all,
I agree with Michael that this is the back side of an oriented meteorite. The
lipping shows that. I also agree with him that it flipped during flight and
that this side was once the leading side, but but neccessarily because of the
flow lines. Generally the fro
Thanks Mike for adding "Ash Creek" to your adventure page. It's a lot of work
on your part and I certainly appreciate it. Looking forward to seeing more.
Cheers,
Frank
--- On Sun, 8/9/09, Michael Farmer wrote:
From: Michael Farmer
Subject: [meteorite-list] Wesbsite update, Ash Creek ad
Hi Martin, Mike, and all,
I've always liked Bogou too, probably because of the photo below from Al Lang's
site. Unfortunately I don't have a specimen :-(
http://www.nyrockman.com/museum/bogou-8.htm
Al's etched part slice has a very cool heat-affected rim on it. Of course the
question concer
Hello Steve and all that might be interested,
If you have plans to collecting this series, it will be very difficult as
several of the numbers are provisional. I for one have a stone that has one of
these numbers assigned to it but it has never been classified.
Good luck with your quest.
Chee
I'd vote for the one complaint per week rule...maybe even a one complaint per
month rule!
Frank
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Hello all,
I don't believe this article has been posted to the list before. It's an
interesting article from the University of Minnesota's Alumni magazine,
especially for those who like the stories that go along with the meteorites.
The link follows:
http://www.alumni.umn.edu/Romancing_the_Mete
I know this doesn't answer the original question, but the thread seems to have
morphed into the largest "witnessed" cratering event.
Kaali is not officially witnessed, but it certainly could have been.
The Kaali group of craters, on the Estonian island of Saaremaa, are estimated
to be only 4000
Hello Pete and all,
How about Hadley Rille?
~3 milligrams, curated at Johnson Space Center.
Cheers,
Frank
From: Pete Shugar
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Mon, November 9, 2009 7:37:40 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Question
What is
Hello all,
Received my August 2009 issue of MAPS yesterday. I highly recommend the
article by Plotkin and Clarke on "Stuart H. Perry's contributions to meteorite
collection and research, 1927-1957.
Don't recognize Perry's name? After you read the article you'll realize his
contributions we
Hello all,
Thought this might be of some interest concerning the rarest meteorite, at
least from a historical viewpoint. At the beginning of the Twentieth Century,
Henry A. Ward thought Nobleborough (1823 Maine fall) was one of the rarest of
the meteorites he owned. At this time Ward owned
Melanie, Greg and all,
I think we have a ways to go to break the record. In 1933 as many as 19
meteorites fell worldwide if you count 2 finds that were reported to have been
observed to fall in 1933 but were found later and are classified as finds. The
second greatest number of falls occurred
: Frank Cressy
To: Greg Stanley ; miss_meteor...@yahoo.ca;
meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Sat, November 28, 2009 9:58:05 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Most witnessed falls in one year?
Melanie, Greg and all,
I think we have a ways to go to break the record. In 1933 as many as 19
Sorry.
This link should do much better.
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/research/projects/metcat/
Frank
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Most witnessed
Hello Geoff, Mark and all,
Anyone notice on the Wikipedia article the image of
the Wisconson meteorite that "fell" in 1868? Click on
the image and it shows a gentleman (Increase Lapham)
examining it. Unfortunately, no meteorite fell in
Wisconson in that year. The meteorite in question is
probab
Hello Robert and all,
Interesting topic. Like Norm, I'm also a geologist
and have been consulting for about 20 years now. Every
once in a while someone would bring in the "family
Rock", ...that treasure they had carried from place to
place over the years because they knew it was
valuable. Back i
Hello all,
Regarding the Wethersfield falls, it should also be
noted that each hit a house in that town...different
houses of course ;-)
Cheers,
Frank
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>
> Are there others that have fallen "together" like
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>
> Anothe
Hello Geoff, Mark, and all,
I also discussed this topic with Art and thought I'd
add a bit more to the story. Apparently on the
initial Dimmitt stones that Oscar Monnig labeled, the
two letters represented the initials of the person
that he acquired the stone from. Obviously with so
many Dimmitt
Hello all,
Just a quick note that I'll announce the
MeteoriteTimes Mystery meteorite on Wednesday
afternoon.
Not a whole lot of guesses yet...maybe it was too
hard?
For those that are stumped I suggest working the
problem backwards and determining the country first.
Pick a dozen famous meteorites
Hello all,
For those interested, the answer for the April quiz
can be found at:
http://www.meteoriteimpact.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=295
All the best,
Frank
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For those interested, I'll post the answer to the May
MeteoriteTimes Mystery Meteorite on Monday, May 21.
As an aid to this quiz and future quizes, the NHM
meteorite searchable database can be found at:
http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/metcat/indexmany.dsml
Note that the
For those interested in the answer to this month's
MeteoriteTimes mystery meteorite, the answer can be
found here:
http://www.meteoriteimpact.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=345
Thanks to all those who participated.
Frank
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Martin,
Great slide, thanks for sharing...but which is which?
Cheers,
Frank ;-)
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> a Star
Hello John,
Sorry to see the forum shut down. I think you had a
quality site there. It's too bad more people didn't
take advantage of it. I enjoyed it greatly and wanted
to thank you for all the time, effort and hard work
you put into it. Sorry to not have participated more
over the last coupl
Hello Bernd and all,
For those interested in meteorites found from the
bottom of the sea, there is, of course, Angra dos Reis
;-)
A portion of the text from "Brazilian Stone
Meteorites" states: "The meteorite fell into the bay
of Angra dos Reis at a water depth of 2 m, immediately
in front of th
Hello Eric and all,
Very nice stone, but it brings up a question I've had for several years about
"oriented" stones that have clearly broken in flight and have secondary crust
on the "rear" side surrounded by a nice "rollover lip." Unless there are good
flow lines showing that this was the sta
Everyone,
Looks like a metal grommet from a tarp to me.
Frank
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Hello all,
Interesting article. I really like these stories. Just to be clear though,
the article refers to the Esctacado meteorite, not the Plainview meteorite that
was described in 1917.
Cheers,
Frank
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There were two Plainviews, 1903 the actual hammer that hit and broke a rail of
the
corral, (
Hi Shawn and all,
David Weir has a link to the Pasamonte meteorite that you may have missed. A
link to his site follows:
http://www.meteoritestudies.com/
I might add that Nininger was of the opinion that Brown's photo was of the
actual meteor in flight and published in 1934 a somewhat lengthy
Hi Elton,
I think you were probably referring to this.
http://www.tektitesource.com/Exogenic%20Fulgurites.htm
Cheers,
Frank
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Hello all,
Lorton is an L6 according to an abstract in the latest MAPS (July 2010,
Supplement). The abstract is titled "The Recent Meteorite Fall in Lorton,
Virginia, USA" by Corrigan, Welzenbach, Fries, McCoy and Fries.
Cheers,
Frank
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From: Galactic Stone & Iron
For those interested, RKM is Roy K. Marshall, one the the authors (w/ I.M.
Levitt) of "Star Maps for Beginners." The collection card dates probably from
the late 1930's or early 1940's.
Cheers,
Frank
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All,
There are several falls where no sonic boom was noticed. Speaking of US falls,
the last two that come to mind are Berthoud, CO and New Orleans, LA. Others
that I can readily recall are Salem, OR and Athens, AL. Reports from the
latter
two specifically state there were no "explosions" o
Hello all,
There was an error in the article which I've copied below:
"There are only three meteorites that have been observed to fall in Wisconsin
since settlement, so this might have been our chance, Valley said."
Actually there are five Wisconsin witnessed falls.
Vernon County 1865
Shawn and all,
The "swimming pool" quote is used in the abstract. Later in the article the
"swimming pool" is described thusly:
"Springs issue at a point where a water gap has been eroded through the ridge
and form a creek which flows southeast. About 400 feet below the springs, the
creek is
Shawn,
I think you've misinterpreted your source a bit. It says that Calcalong Creek
was found AFTER 1960. As I remember it Millbillillie fell in 1960, but no
meteorites from that fall were found until the early 1970s. Many stones were
found in the 70s and 80s and are still being found today
Hi Al,
You made a mistake listing Todd Parker as a scammer. He was mentioned as
selling Whetstone Mountains that were definitely real.
Frank
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Sent: Thu, May 12, 2011 5:57:42 AM
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>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Scam Artist - Joel Samson - FakeLunar
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>Hi Al,
>
>You made a mistake listing Todd Parker as a scamm
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Hello List,
Many of you have met my elder daughter Lauren In Tucson Show the se
Thought this might be of interest.
Frank
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Fantastic photo! Thanks for sharing.
Frank
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Hello Mendy and all,
I'd also like to express my public congratulations to Michael. It's a very
rare
occurrance when a meteorite hunter tracks down a fall and is the first person
to
lay eyes on a meteorite, although it is expected to be more common now with the
aid of Doppler radar. As to b
Hi Marc, Robert, and all,
Congratulations to Jerry and his group for their find and to Marc,Rob, Jake and
Jeff for their great work and call (a "10" before stones were even found).
A little history of the area where the new fall occurred. This is the 5th
witnessed fall to occur in this small a
The "Science" abstract refers Sutter's Mill meteorite as being a regolith
breccia. I've only read the abstract and several other abstracts, but I don't
remember any mention of it containing solar implanted gases. I was under the
impression that to be a regolith breccia, there had to be a noble
Hi all,
Dr. Gibson's stone weighed 1.5 kg. That what his article in Meteoritics says.
(v. 5, no. 1, 1970, "Discovery of another Meteorite Specimen from the 1912
Holbrook, Arizona Fall Site").
Still beat you Larry, but not by much ;-)
Frank
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Hi Stefan,
Stunning pics! Thanks for sharing. I imagine all meteorite hunters are even
now calibrating their eyes to pick up that distinctive green-colored fusion
crust.
Cheers,
Frank
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Hi Tracy,
I had the membrane in one small box degrade and get very cloudy over a eight
year (or so) period. I was storing small mineral crystals in it. I think it
was
a result of heat as it was kept in my office where the AC is turned off on the
weekends and it gets a little toasty here in
Hi Phil,
Harrison County was a shower and only 4 stones were recovered totaling 680
grams.. Residents in the area heard many stones hitting the ground and
crashing
through trees. No doubt that many others stones fell and were never recovered.
I would guess that stones are still intact as m
Hello all,
I've been away from the computer for a couple of days and thought I'd add a
couple of other examples.
Portales Valley - One of the metal veined stones landed on a blue plastic
tarp.
The tarp melted where the metal veins of the stone had rested on it. It
shouldn't be too difficul
Hello all,
For those in the West Coast of the US, the National Geographic Channel's Naked
Science had/has a program on Grimsby. It was shown at 7 pm but will show again
at 10pm.
Frank
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Hi Mark,
Bombard away. Informative posts such as yours is what the list was created
for,
and I certainly enjoy them.
Cheers,
Frank
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Subject: [meteorite-list]
Hello,
Definitely Weston. The photo is the Smithsonian's specimen. The "facts" in
the
article are a bit out of wack but the basic story is correct. The stone in the
Gibb's collection was 36.5 pounds that went to the Peabody Museum. It was the
only one of the seven stones that wasn't
Hi Bernd,
Thanks for bringing up the memories. I remember that the winners were to be
announced at the Denver show and that everyone was anxiously waiting the
results. I checked my computer more than a few times and was extremely happy
to
come in behind the master and "win" my monster (at
Dos Equis?? TMIMMITW only drinks Vaca Muerta.
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] The Most Interesting Meteorite Man in the World
But the question remains:
Do you
Hi all,
Just received the latest issue of Meteorite. I think it's one of the best
issues put out in a long time; full of interesting and timely articles.
Just wanted to thank everyone who contributed to it.
All the best,
Frank
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Hi John,
Here's the list of 13.
Příbram 4/7/1959
Lost City 1/4/1970
Innisfree 2/6/1977
Peekskill 10/9/1992
Tagish Lake 1/18/2000
Morávka 5/6/2000
Neuschwanstein 4/6/2002 .
Park Forest 3/27/2003
Villalbeto de la
Hi Bob and all,
I believe you misinterpreted the Rocks From Space Picture of the Day about Jim
having the New Concord main mass and he would be the first to say so. The main
mass of New Concord weighs 103 pounds (46.8 kg) and is in the collection at
Marietta College, Ohio. In fact, Jim has ph
Hello Doug and all,
And just so our friends south of the equator don't fell left out, happy first
day of fall ;-)
Cheers,
Frank
Dear List
Just thought I'd wish the list a fabulous First hour of Spring, incredible we
made it; and also, as meteorite hunting picks up - to be sure your life
Hi Rob, all,
If the chief reason for using a blimp is to get the current information on the
ground cover, I think it would have been more effective to get current air
photos from a fixed wing aircraft set up for that type of air survey, unless
they need real time data. Of course, they could al
Shawn,
Please show me the reference that Weston hit some manmade object. I've never
run across that and didn't see it in Silliman and Kingsley's report.
I think that it's on Michael Blood's site but believe he's in error.
Thanks,
Frank
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Hi Steve and List,
Interesting images, thanks for posting. It certainly looks brecciated in the
slice, but I don't see any evidence that it's an impact melt.
The brecciation might explain the many small individuals...until we find the
multi kilogram main mass of course ;-)
Cheers,
Frank
Mike and all,
Just thought I'd muddy the waters ;-)
Walnut Hill, Maine is listed as a find but is also a hammer stone as it was
found during the repair of a chicken brooding house. Don't you just love those
exceptions to the rule!
Cheers,
Frank
From: Mi
Hi Dennis and those interested,
I have a specimen of Alamogordo that came with a Ward's label and also a
Nininger number, so your Ward's Gladstone specimen certainly could also have a
Nininger number. During the 1930s, Nininger sold quite a few specimens to
Ward's. Nininger's 1950 catalog onl
Thanks for posting the link Mike.
Nice article about real meteorites with photos to boot...best post of the day!
Frank
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Sent: Tue, September 6, 2011 4:10:26 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] sky and Teles
Hi Larry & all,
I think the "weathering effects" on the Abee are shadows on the large slice.
Notice that they're different in each image.
Frank
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Hi Jeff,
One that easily comes to mind is the "Ring" or "Basket" iron of Canyon Diablo.
Mass weighs 49 pounds.
Cheers,
Frank
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From: Jeff Grossman
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Sat, September 24, 2011 2:12:21 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Named mass
Hello all,
Every time I see that the New Concord meteorite hit and killed a colt (or
horse), I cringe. Maybe Kevin K. does the same when he hears that a dog was
killed (or turned to ashes) by a Nakhla stone.
In 2006 Mark Bostick collected over 15 newspaper accounts about the New Concord
fal
Hi Anita,
I can't speak for falls outside the US, but there are 5 or 6 US falls that
might
fit your parameters.
You are obviously familiar with Cartersville, GA (2007) I'm sure. It fits all
your
requirements except classification which will come soon I'm sure. The display
is at the Te
Very cool Luc,
Congratulations!
All the best,
Frank
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From: luc Meteorites.tv / Labenne Luc
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Fri, December 23, 2011 12:36:24 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] New Fall...Mars
Hi List,
Big buzz coming very soon...
http://you
Peter,
Your description alone of a folded back "fusion crust" indicates it's not a
meteorite and probably slag. The extreme heat of atmospheric entry literally
melts off the outer layer of a space rock. That molten material is blown off
and lost. The fusion crust on a meteorite is essentiall
it.
Frank
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From: Peter Richards
To: Frank Cressy
Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Sat, March 23, 2013 11:50:06 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] A Bunch of Irregular Stones I Found (+How I Think
They May Have Originated)
Frank, I remembered reading somewhere t
he fusion crust peeling back and laying
over itself.
Frank
- Original Message
From: Peter Richards
To: Frank Cressy
Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Sat, March 23, 2013 11:50:06 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] A Bunch of Irregular Stones I Found (+How I Think
They May
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