Some more meteorite-geography trivia : 1) Jamaica has one known meteorite, Lucky Hill, an iron IIIAB. What are the chances of a meteorite landing on a relatively-small island in the middle of a sea? This meteorite could have easily ended up on the bottom of the Caribbean, but instead it gets to spend it's days in a tropical beach paradise. (I hope it's stored with some dessicant!)
2) Iran has only 2 known meteorites - both of them witnessed falls! Naragh is an H6 hammer stone that penetrated the roof of a school on August 18, 1974. No casualties were reported. The other fall is Veramin, a mesosiderite, which fell around April 18, 1880. Veramin has been kept in Tehran's Golestan Palace since then. 3) Ireland has 6 recorded meteorites - all of them witnessed falls. (The Tanzanians have competition!) All of Ireland's meteorites have been OC's and one remains unclassified - Pettiswood. 4) Not to be left out, Northern Ireland (statisically seperatre from Ireland proper) has 2 known meteorites, both OC witnessed falls. 5) The United States has over 1519 approved meteorites! This US tally includes : 2 acapulcoites 5 aubrites 22 carbonaceous chondrites 2 diogenites 4 EL chondrites 11 eucrites more OC's than you can shake a magnetic cane at 4 howardites a boatload of irons 2 Martian meteorites (LA001/002 & Lafayette) 8 mesosiderites 18 pallasites 1 rumuruti chondrite 2 ureilites 2 winonaites :) ......................................................... Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA) Member of the Meteoritical Society. Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network. Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and http://www.glassthrower.com MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/fine_meteorites_4_sale .......................................................... ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
