Re: [meteorite-list] Campo del Cielo recovered weight

2005-02-17 Thread AL Mitterling
Hi bernd, Sara and all, Somewhere I talked to one of the original field investigators of the Campo del Cielo, and he commented that their earlier work was off by quite a bit because of the vast amount of new specimens being found far out beyond what they had deemed the limit of the strewnfield.

Re: [meteorite-list] Campo del Cielo recovered weight

2005-02-17 Thread bernd . pauli
Hello Sara and List, > I am trying to evaluate the total recovered weight for this meteorite. > In Grady's catalogue (page 126), the addition of the numerous masses > gives a total of 45 tonnes (approximately). The 37 tonnes that Robert > Haag tried to buy with no success in 1990 is not cited. Wou

Re: [meteorite-list] Campo del Cielo recovered weight

2005-02-17 Thread David Freeman
Dear Sara, List, BERND; In my catalogue, I see no TKW for my favorite Gibeon iron; perchance is it in the running? Cape York 59 T., Canyon Diablo 30 T. Gibeon"large masses, other large masses..."? Davy A. ErrDavy F. that is! Sara Arsenault wrote: Dear list, I have been reading post o

[meteorite-list] Campo del Cielo recovered weight

2005-02-17 Thread Sara Arsenault
Dear list, I have been reading post on the list for a few months now. This is my first intervention, I hope some of you will be able to help out. I am working on a virtual exhibition concerning meteorites for the Montreal Planetarium, Canada. One of the sections of the site will present some fa