[meteorite-list] Opinions Please "rite" or "wrong"?

From: Martin Horejsi <martinh_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:48:56 2004
Message-ID: <B7BC5151.20F0%martinh_at_isu.edu>

Dave kindly wrote:

> Dear Martin, and Mark,
> How about Iron concretion? Probably from a sedimentary stream
> deposition which was saturated with iron rich waters....probably
> Cretaceous or older...
> And that's my guess.
> Professor Dave F.
>

Hi Dave,

I'll go with that. Usually iron concretions that are offered as meteorites
are in better condition than this one. The differential weathering is more
interesting to look at than the usual spheres, but either way, it sure is an
ugly one.

Why do you suspect that it is Cretaceous or older?

Cheers,

Professor Martin H.
Received on Thu 06 Sep 2001 12:01:54 AM PDT