[meteorite-list] Winona/Canyon Diablo

From: Martin Horejsi <martinh_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:02:27 2004
Message-ID: <B8B3894C.22C7%martinh_at_isu.edu>

Hi All,

To say that Winona is weathered is an understatement.

Imagine the rustiest, crustiest pile of fragments loosely bound, just barely
overcoming the force of gravity...now apply the term weathered to it and you
have Winona. Don't believe me, have a look at this pic.

http://aristotle.isu.edu/winona.jpg

Cheers,

Martin




On 3/12/02 9:25 AM, "Bernd Pauli HD"
<bernd.pauli_at_lehrer1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> wrote:

> John Gwilliam wrote:
>
>> so if the Winona meteorite is found to be similar to
>> Canyon Diablo shale, isn't it a possibility that it
>> was also a transported item?
>
>
> Hello Rhett, John, and List!
>
> Unfortunately Winona is so very weathered that
> no one has determined its terrestrial age yet :-(
>
> The o n l y allusion to its age that I could unearth is:
> "... a find of uncertain age with heavily weathered metal."
>
> Reference:
>
> HERZOG G.F. et al. (1993) 26Al and 10Be activities of
> Lodranites and Winona (Meteoritics 28-3, 1993, A362-A363).
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Bernd
>
> ______________________________________________
> Meteorite-list mailing list
> Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
> http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Received on Tue 12 Mar 2002 12:30:37 PM PST