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Re: Meteorites in fossil beds

Hi list, Randy and Don
   I have hunted fossils for some thirty years and would think that it is
possible to find meteorites fossilized, though highly unlikely. If they
underwent the same fossilization process as some of the more fragile
creatures that are found fossilized today (such as jellyfish, insects, etc.)
There is a chance that they may have been sealed and preserved in areas
where conditions where right at the time. I think they would be very very
rare, though.
My two criniods worth
  Troy Bell

-----Original Message-----
From: Donald O'Keeffe <donald.okeeffe@signalhill.net>
To: Randy Duncan <broker3@hotmail.com>
Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
<meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Monday, November 29, 1999 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: Meteorites in fossil beds


>Hi Randy,
>
>I hope someone more learned than I will jump in on this for all I have to
offer
>is conjecture. It seems to me that any detectable orientation would be long
>gone, the fusion crust would have deteriorated, and the mass itself would
have
>undergone some degree of metamorphosis/terrestrialization. Irons would have
>rusted, but I would guess that nickel content would still be high enough to
>produce a signal.
>
>Just guessing,
>Don
>
>Randy Duncan wrote:
>
>> Thanks Don,
>>    Do you think that only the fusion crust would be left? Would the
nickel
>> make it also? There are small areas that are stained by iron
>> (rust)with some small grains of rock in them. I used a metal detector
>> and didn't get one signal. We did find some sharks teeth.
>> Randy
>>
>> >From: "Donald O'Keeffe" <donald.okeeffe@signalhill.net>
>> >To: Randy Duncan <broker3@hotmail.com>
>> >CC: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
>> >Subject: Re: Meteorites in fossil beds
>> >Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 10:37:38 -0600
>>
>> >Hello Randy,
>> >
>> >From what I understand the answer is yes.
>> >
>> >In "Find a Falling Star", Nininger relates an anecdote about Dr.
Sternberg
>> >of
>> >Fort Hays who had been a fossil hunter for thirty years. He had never
found
>> >a
>> >meteorite, but not long after being coached by Nininger, as to how to
>> >recognize
>> >them, he found two.
>> >
>> >They've been terrestrialized. I quote: "From observations of those that
are
>> >known to have lain in the soil a mere twenty to fifty years we may
surmise
>> >that
>> >a 60-million-year-old specimen might appear as a rather ordinary
>> >concretion, if
>> >indeed it was distinguishable at all from its surroundings."
>> >
>> >Don
>> >
>> >Randy Duncan wrote:
>> >
>> > > Are meteorites found in fossil beds? Tomorrow we are going to a place
>> >that
>> > > has a six foot layer of sediment. Whale bones, seal bones & sharks
teeth
>> >are
>> > > the most common finds. We have found a few small rocks in the past.
>> >After
>> > > reading about meteorites found in dry lake beds. I was wondering if
they
>> > > could be found here also?
>> > > Sincerely,
>> > > Randy Duncan
>>
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