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Re: The Peekskill H6 monomict breccia meteorite
Ron Baalke schrieb:
> >(5) Last but not least: an absolute must is Martin Horejsi's color
> image
> >with traces of the car paint still visible and to be found at
> >---------> http://www.meteorite.com/gallery/gallery.htm
>
> Cool photo! I obtained my first piece of Peekskill back in 1992, just
> a
> mere 2 weeks after the meteorite had hit the car. Marlin Cilz had
> just
> bought the main mass and mentioned to me that there was red car paint
> on it.
> I bought a 26 gram piece and specifically asked for a piece with red
> paint, which he complied. Marlin also sent me several color photos of
> the
> meteorite (photos of the whole meteorite - before it was cut up).
> A black-n-white version of one of the photos would appear on page 86
> of
> "Rocks from Space" (1st edition) which shows Marlin holding the
> meteorite
> with members of the Knapp family. Most people probably don't realize
> that
> the meteorite just narrowly missed the gas tank of the car by a few
> inches.
> The meteorite also made a small depression underneath the car
> (the Peekskill crater?), which I also have a photo of.
>
> In 1993, I went to the Tucson show,
> which had the Peekskill meteorite and car on display. I got to hold
> the main mass, which by then had been sliced up and was about half of
> its
> original size.
>
> Ron Baalke
Just for the record: ROCKS FROM SPACE (O.R.Norton, 1st ed.1994,
pp.85-88).
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