[meteorite-list] Rare Stony-Iron Meteorite Kept In Missouri Garage For Two Years

From: Walter Branch <waltbranch_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:54:06 2004
Message-ID: <003b01c1b992$f1ca1100$fc52fc9e_at_cc516468a>

>Besides, Felton had seen meteorites only behind >museum glass.

Sad, isn't it...

-Walter


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Walter Branch, Ph.D.
Branch Meteorites
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Subject: [meteorite-list] Rare Stony-Iron Meteorite Kept In Missouri Garage
For Two Years


>
>
> http://digmo.org/news/local/premium/0218local11163.html
>
> Rare meteorite kept in garage for two years
> Associated Press
> February 18, 2002
>
> MARYVILLE - One of the rarest types of meteorites, which
> may date back 4.5 billion years, was kept in a Missouri garage for about
two
> years before a student brought it in to a geology teacher at Northwest
> Missouri State.
>
> The student, who wants to remain anonymous, brought the rusty rock into
> Richard Felton's general geology class out of curiosity.
>
> Felton and the student polished away the layers of rust and found a shiny
> metallic surface beneath.
>
> "It was looking more and more unusual as we worked on it," Felton said. "I
> didn't think it could be a meteorite, but I didn't give up on it, either."
>
> Just after midnight, Felton stopped his research and testing. He didn't
want
> to lose objectivity in his excitement.
>
> "Geologists are a conservative bunch," he said. "I was still trying to
> convince myself that something this rare couldn't be sitting in my
office."
>
> Besides, Felton had seen meteorites only behind museum glass.
>
> "I really needed someone who'd actually held and studied them," he said.
>
> He brought it to a colleague, Renee Rohs, an assistant professor of
geology.
>
> "I said, 'Oh my gosh, a stony-iron meteorite,' " Rohs said.
>
> Rohs took it to a University of Kansas professor, who confirmed her
> conclusions.
>
> Rohs said stony-iron meteorites typically net between $2 and $10 per gram.
> In the mid-1980s, there were only 73 in the world, one of them found in
> Missouri, two in Kansas and one in Iowa.
>
> A friend of the student who brought the meteorite to Felton found the rock
> in his field near Fairfax.
>
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