G'day again List,
Firstly thank you to everyone who replied to my post. I
had 6 replies within an hour!!! Thanks to Rob Wesel for this information from
the CoM page he copied and forwarded to me. From what I can gather, it seems
that the FNMH in Chicago has PIECES totalling 40.7kg followed by 30kg in
Washington. The largest INDIVIDUAL MASS is 7kg in Tempe at the Arizona
State University. I believe one source said the next largest is about 5.4kg
in Melbourne. I was pleased about that one! ;-)
Thanks again to everyone,
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bernd Pauli HD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "M come Meteorite Meteorites" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Jeff Kuyken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
"Meteorite List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 5:44 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Murchison Main
Mass
>
> > Can somebody please tell me where the main mass of
> > the Murchison (CM2) fall resides? Also the deatils
> > of its size and any other information would also be
> > appreciated.
>
> Matteo responded:
>
> > From Meteorite Catalogue: kg.40.7 in FMNH, Chicago
> > I do not if this is the real main mass. Regards, Matteo
>
>
> Hello Jeff, Matteo, and List,
>
> The Catalogue also says:
>
> A shower of stones fell in an area of over 5 square miles.
> The l a r g e s t stone weighed about 7 kg, and over 100 kg
> were recovered, Met.Bull.48, 1969, Meteoritics 5, 1970, p.107.
>
> Some references:
>
> SHANOS G. (1998) Murchison - The Forgotten Meteorite
> (M!, Aug. 98, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 32-33).
>
> SHANOS G. (1999) Carbon in the Murchison CM2 Carbonaceous
> chondrite (M!, Aug. 99, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 38-40).
>
> NORTON O.R. (1999) Centerpiece: Murchison CM2 - A Thirtieth
> Anniversary (M!, Aug. 99, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 22-23).
>
> SHANOS G. (2002) Sweet and sour meteorites (Meteorite, Aug 2002,
> Vol. 8, No. 3, pp.18-19).
>
> HAAG R. (1997) Field Guide of Meteorites (12th Anniversary Edition,
> 1997, p. 36).
>
>
> Best rainy Sunday
> morning regards,
>
> Bernd
>
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