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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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