Now that is COOL! I have never seen one like that. This is a good example of a cube that serves only one function: To show scale!
Thanks for the pics! Mike Bandli -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Mike Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi All > Since we are on the subject I thought everyone might want to see the > worlds first use of the cube and yes it was for a meteorite. I guess > it would be the granddaddy or great granddaddy of the NASA scale > cubes. > > http://jensenmeteorites.com/Book/Cube%201.jpg > http://jensenmeteorites.com/Book/cube2.jpg > > They come from "Las Meteoritas Mexicanas Generalidades Sobre > Meteoritas Y Catalogo Descriptivo De Las Meteoritas Mexibcanas" > Instituto Geologico De Mexico by Jose C Haro. Printed in 1931. > Obviously predates the NASA cube by almost 50 years. The book is full > of pictures of meteorites with numerous types of scales in including > rulers, people and photo bars. > BTW this book is in my opinion the best meteorite book by geographic > region ever done. Just wish I could read Spanish. > > -- > Mike > -- > Mike Jensen > Jensen Meteorites > 16730 E Ada PL > Aurora, CO 80017-3137 > 303-337-4361 > IMCA 4264 > website: www.jensenmeteorites.com ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
