G'day Norbert & List,
The outback sure is a great place to grab a few meteorites. Maybe just as
good as NWA. But you are correct in what you've said about the tough
Australian laws. I should point out though, that I read not so long ago that
Alex Bevan at the Western Australia Museum has quite an active program
regarding the recovery of meteorites off the Nullabor Plain. So they ARE
being found! We just AREN'T getting them!!! ;-)
Cheers,
Jeff Kuyken
I.M.C.A. #3085
www.meteoritesaustralia.com
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From: ROCKS ON FIRE
To: John Divelbiss
Cc: Mark Miconi ; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 5:26 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New Iron Meteorite Finds
Hi, Mark, John and List,
thanks for your answers.
To answer your question regarding Australian chondrites, I am sure there
are as many out there in the outback as there were in NWA. The difference is
just that we have got very tough laws governing the ownership of meteorites.
And they are even different in each State or Territory, and the penalties
are pretty severe. On the other hand, it seems to be a bit more difficult to
train some of our indigenous people to search for them. They have got a
different approach to 'them rocks from the sky' as compared to the nomads in
Morocco.
So hopefully next time I go 'walkabout' (travel the outback) it may not
yet have been swept cleanout there and I could even find one. ;-)
But then perhaps I would have to bury it again 'cause I am not allowed to
take it. :-D .... Well, we'll go over that bridge when we are there.
Cheers, Folks and
--
Best regards from DOWN-UNDER,
Norbert & Heike Kammel
ROCKS ON FIRE
IMCA #3420
www.rocksonfire.com
John Divelbiss wrote:
Norbert, Mark and list,
The statistics/estimates suggest somewhere near 86% of all falls are
chondrites...achondrites make up 7%, iron meteorites make up 6%, stony-irons
have the final 1%.
Not to many pallasites or mesosiderites... anywhere.
Do the NWA numbers suggest a higher number (%) for the stone totals, and
less for irons and stony-irons? Seems that way. Does anyone know (or even an
idea) about this information?
John
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Miconi
To: ROCKS ON FIRE
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 11:14 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New Iron Meteorite Finds
Norbert,
First Nice website.
Second and maybe you or someone on the list can answer this as it is
along the same lines as your question regarding Irons.
Why are there no stoney meteorites found in Australia? If there have
been Stoney Meteorites found there, what is the ratio of Stoney to Iron?
I have been on the list for 3 years now and can not remember seeing
any stoney meteorites being sold that came from Australia.
Thanks in Advance
Mark M.
Phoenix AZ
----- Original Message -----
From: ROCKS ON FIRE
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 3:34 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] New Iron Meteorite Finds
Hello, List,
does anyone know about how many new irons have been found recently
compared to stony meteorites?
It occurs to me that the market gets flooded with new chondrites
every day but hardly any new iron, nut to mention stony irons. There are
more than a thousand L's and H's just from NWA, I guess.
It seems to me that apart from Campo and Nantan (yes, Sikhote and
Brahin too) that stuff is getting rare. And it shows such nice etching
pattern!
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Best regards from DOWN-UNDER,
Norbert & Heike Kammel
ROCKS ON FIRE
IMCA #3420
www.rocksonfire.com
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