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I propose that this unique blue-ice meteorite be called a "flushite."

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	VoyageMag@aol.com [SMTP:VoyageMag@aol.com]
> Sent:	Tuesday, July 21, 1998 6:04 AM
> To:	meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
> Subject:	The Ice in China Incident...
> 
> Hi Ron, and list....
>                             We have had an incident here in Rhode
> Island a few
> weeks ago, in which two chunks of blue-green ice were recovered. Both
> pieces
> fell in areas where people had seen them. The sizes were irregular,
> but
> approx. 8 to 10 inches in diameter.
>    A news station crew was dispatched to the locations, where these
> chunks of
> ice quickly preserved, thinking that they MIGHT have been meteoric in
> nature. 
>    It turned out that these ice chunks DID come from a commercial
> flight that
> went overhead minutes before the chunks were seen falling. They were
> later
> confirmed to be from the passing jet overhead. It was noted that these
> events,
> while not very common, DO occur.
>    What a name for a meteorite.... "The 2,000 flushes"...  OR.. "the
> Tidy Bowl
> Meteorite"....
> 
> 
> 
> John - Voyage! Magazine
> 
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