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Re: Carolina meteorites (North Carolina Falls)
Phil Bagnall schrieb:
> In your message dated Tuesday 27, January 1998 you wrote :
>
> > The so called meteorites were bought at the Grassy Creek Rock &
> > Gem show in North Carolina last summer. The man who sold these
> > had said that they came from an area in western North Carolina, near
>
> > Maiden, in Catawba county. He had said that the original find was
> > probably 75 to 100 years ago. John,,,,are we talking about the same
> > so called meteorite?
> >
> > Tim
>
> Sorry for butting in, but there were no meteorite falls or finds in
> Catawba Co.,
> between 1874 and 1929. In fact, most of the N.Carolina meteorites have
> been
> found as single specimens, so if the vendor was selling whole
> "meteorites" then
> it would seem rather suspicious.
>
> --
> Phil Bagnall
> http://www.ticetboo.demon.co.uk/
Name Class Locality
Latitude Longitude Fell Year Date Time
Bald Mountain L4 Yancy County 35° 58'
N 082° 29' W Fell 1929 July 9
Castalia H5 Nash County 36° 05'
N 078° 04' W Fell 1874 May 14 1430
Caswell County 36° 30'
N 079° 15' W Fell 1810 January 30 1400
Cross Roads H5 Wilson County 35° 38'
N 078° 08' W Fell 1892 May 24 0500
Farmville H4 Pitt County 35° 33'
N 077° 32' W Fell 1934 December 4
Ferguson Wilkes County 36° 06'
N 081° 25' W Fell 1889 July 18
Monroe H4 Cabarrus County 35° 15'
N 080° 30' W Fell 1849 October 31 1500
Moore County AEUC 35° 25'
N 079° 23' W Fell 1913 April 21 1700
Rich Mountain L6 Jackson County 33° 17'
N 085° 10' W Fell 1903 June 30 1400
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