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Re: fossil meteorites

To: Martin Horejsi <martinh@isu.edu>
Subject: Re: fossil meteorites
From: Joel Schiff <j.schiff@auckland.ac.nz>
Date: Sun, 03 May 1998 10:48:28 +1200
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We have a NEWS item on fossil meteorites by Paolo Farinella in the
latest May issue of Meteorite! which is in the air to many of you at
this moment.

Joel

Martin Horejsi wrote:
> 
> This question came to me, but I think it was intended for the group.
> 
> PORRELLO wrote:
> >Hello, Dose anyone Know about metiorites that have landed millions of years
> >ago and were imbeded in sediment? Fossil metiorites(excuse the pun)?
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Two known fossil meteorites are mentioned in Hutchison and Graham's book
> Meteorites.
> 
> One is the Brunflo, Sweden meteorite which was found in 450 million year
> old sediment. The meteorite fell into a shallow sea during the Ordovician,
> and is preserved today, along with a nautiloid fossil, in a piece of
> limestone.
> 
> Martin

References:

fossil meteorite

From: Martin Horejsi <martinh@isu.edu>

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