Re: [meteorite-list] FW: Illinois meteorite

2007-03-21 Thread Dave Freeman mjwy
I would like to make a profound announcement (out of character for me?). Why don't all list members from Illinois NOT let us know when they have an object that is not scientifically classified until the rock comes back as a REAL METEORITE.If I brought it to the list each time someone

[meteorite-list] FW: Illinois meteorite

2007-03-19 Thread Michael L Blood
-- Forwarded Message From: Barb Otto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 06:09:34 -0600 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Illinois meteorite Michael, Please forward this message ... And thanks for helping me til I have no problems posting myself. Dear List, Nobody said that this is

Re: [meteorite-list] FW: Illinois meteorite

2007-03-19 Thread Mr EMan
Sigh...So we are back again to Irons having fusion crust. Sorry I don't see the fusion crust. Crust or no, this aborted art project does not have the hallmarks of being a meteorite. The statement that said this will be the 3rd Iron from Illinois sure came across as a meteorite announcement that

Re: [meteorite-list] FW: Illinois meteorite

2007-03-19 Thread Jason Utas
Elton, All, Oh, give it a rest - read the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Meteorites, page 54, first paragraph. ...Every writer that I know of has stated that irons do possess fusion crusts - Buchwald, Nininger, Norton, the list goes on. Hell, I would've thought that the pictures of Tim Heitz's Chilean