First thank you all for your nice comments. Gary, I thought the same thing but I would not trust their typewriters. You can see for example that they used the letter "I" instead of the number "1" for that specimen: http://www.thetricottetcollection.com/img/img_met/1-5_SikhoteAlin_SAS.jpg Or maybe the "8" is stretched because of the soft sticker.
Moreover, it seems that all early numbers are very large masses. Best regards, Arnaud The Tricottet Collection (Historic Minerals, Fossils & Meteorites) www.thetricottetcollection.com Facebook: The Tricottet Collection Twitter: TricottetColl > From: fuj...@mac.com > Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 05:02:47 -1000 > To: mich...@rocksfromspace.org > CC: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of Day - March 16, > 2011 > > Congratulations Dr Mignon on your acquisition of a beautiful specimen of > Sikhote Alin. The label I would interpret as 0098 because the lower loop of > the number 8 type is usually larger than the upper one in typewriters during > that time period, even if it does not jive with Fesenkov & Krinov SA catalog. > > gary > > On Mar 16, 2011, at 4:01 AM, Michael Johnson wrote: > > > http://www.rocksfromspace.org/March_16_2011.html > > > > > > > > --- > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at > > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > Gary Fujihara > Big Kahuna Meteorites (IMCA#1693) > 105 Puhili Place, Hilo, Hawai'i 96720 > http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/ > http://shop.ebay.com/fujmon/m.html > (808) 640-9161 > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
