Nice work, Mike,
Where does one get a copy of " Grady's Catalogue of Meteorites?"
Anyone out there want to sell me one or trade me one (I assume it
Is out of print)
RSVP
Thanks, Michael
On 7/18/09 12:38 PM, "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <meteoritem...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> According to the Met Bulletin -
>
> Northern Ireland has 2 approved mets -
>
> Bovedy (L3 fall 1969)
> Crumlin (L5 fall 1902)
>
> Grady's Catalogue of Meteorites reveals an additional 5 meteorites for
> Ireland, in addition to the 2 for Northern Ireland - that makes a
> total of 7.
>
> Limerick (H5 fall, 1813)
> Dundrum (H5 fall, 1865)
> Mooresfort (H5 fall, 1810)
> Killeter (H6 fall, 1844)
> Pettiswood (unclassified fall, 1779)
>
> Some observations - The Irish have sharp eyes. Every approved
> meteorite from that nation is a witnessed fall. So, the original
> poster that inquired about his suspect specimen could be right in his
> assertion - there are no FINDS from Ireland, only falls.
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
>
>
>
> On 7/18/09, Michael Blood <mlbl...@cox.net> wrote:
>> I,m not sure who said this could be Ireland's first meteorite....
>> But isn't Bovedy ( April 25, 1969 Bovedy (L3) Londonderry, N. Ireland
>> THROUGH STORE ROOF - from:
>> http://michaelbloodmeteorites.com/Hammers2.html
>> The first Ireland meteorite?
>> Michael
>>
>>
>> On 7/18/09 9:05 AM, "Pete Pete" <rsvp...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi, all,
>>>
>>> I've definintely seen similar objects - melted aluminum cans from a camp
>>> fire.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Pete
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------
>>>> Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:38:45 -0400
>>>> From: meteoritem...@gmail.com
>>>> To: m...@mhmeteorites.com
>>>> CC: jim_brady...@o2.co.uk; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
>>>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Is this Irelands first meteorite find?
>>>> pictures
>>>>
>>>> The photo caption says it's not magnetic and is very light. So
>>>> chances are (combined with the appearance), it's not a meteorite.
>>>> It's an interesting little piece of metal that probably has a good
>>>> story behind it, but I think it's terrestrial.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>>
>>>> MikeG
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 7/18/09, Matt Morgan wrote:
>>>>> Hi Jim
>>>>> Interesting object. It reminds me of a piece of bomb shrapnel. It does
>>>>> not
>>>>> appear to be a meteorite, but maybe you could remove a tiny piece and do
>>>>> a
>>>>> nickel test.
>>>>> Matt
>>>>> ------Original Message------
>>>>> From: jim_brady...@o2.co.uk
>>>>> Sender: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com
>>>>> To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
>>>>> ReplyTo: jim_brady...@o2.co.uk
>>>>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Is this Irelands first meteorite find?
>>>>> pictures
>>>>> Sent: Jul 18, 2009 4:05 AM
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello list members
>>>>> I've been contacted by a fellow in Dublin who found this
>>>>> object years ago and has always been curious about whether it might be
>>>>> a meteorite.He states that it is about 2cms long(roughly 7/8 of an inch
>>>>> for our non-metric list members) and is light like aluminium.I have
>>>>> asked him whether it was magnetic and he said 'no' .
>>>>> Of course I should have asked him whether it was
>>>>> attracted to a magnet, so I did and waiting for his reponse now.Because
>>>>> this object is so small I've advised him that the best way to test may
>>>>> be to file down a flat area and apply nitol to see if a pattern emerges.
>>>>> Of course even this isn't 100% if it happened to be an ataxite.
>>>>> I told him I thought it was unlikely that the object was
>>>>> meteoritic in nature but that I would pose the question to the
>>>>> meteorite list and see what the experts think.So if you could please
>>>>> take a look and offer your opinions I'd appreciate it.
>>>>> Jim Brady
>>>>>
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