[meteorite-list] Re: hunting (and radiometric dating)

From: meteorites_at_space.com <meteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:44:43 2004
Message-ID: <20010326060652.20770.cpmta_at_c000.snv.cp.net>

On Sun, 25 March 2001, Robert Verish wrote:

>
> > Then, look at the meteorites that are being gathered
>
> > at Gold Basin...
> > They say that these are at least 20,000 years old,
> > and look at their condition -- they are not too bad.
>
> > (And I suspect that many of the so called "Gold
> > Basin" meteorites are in fact many different falls.)
> >
> > Steve Schoner, AMS
>
>
> Tell me about it...
>
> Bob V.
>
Ah, but they nevertheless are weathered. Most of them have high weathering states, and these are quite a contrast to Lafayette, which is completely fresh-- as if it fell moments after it fell.
Steve Schoner, AMS
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