[meteorite-list] New Find
From: Mark Jackson <b0rtz2003_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:14:08 2004 Message-ID: <20030430135946.20598.qmail_at_web41710.mail.yahoo.com> --0-1728403146-1051711186=:20457 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii OK folks. This is going to be very, very difficult for you to believe; I am pinching myself every few minutes to make sure I'm awake. I assure you this is no joke. Later today I will have photos back I can post for you all of the place I am working. I have discovered a complex impact zone in the Southwestern US with multiple crater sites. Big ones. Two I have seen with my own eyes are in excess of 1/2 mile wide! I have evidence that these may be the head of an impact zone that stretches nearly 80 miles! I see possible evidence of up to seven impactors hitting in a 4 mile radius of where I have been working. OK here's the deal. I have a lot of material being analyzed, classified and catalogued. I am not going to release ANY meteoritic material until I have all that work done. However, there are some nice pieces of impact evidence that prove beyond any doubt that this is a meteorite impact zone. For instance, there are some gorgeous lechatelierites at the head of the zone. I better qualify my statement here; I say "head" of the zone because of the ultra high angle of attack these impactors came in on. I am no expert in these matters but my best guess is they might have been in an AoA as little as ten degrees. Anyway these lechatelierites are at the "area of first influence of the main impactor". Evidence points to the main impactor being a carbonaceous chondrite and thus some lechatelierites are pelted with microspherules of impactor material. One has a gorgeous moldavite buried in it's face! These lechatelierites are from 4 to 7 inches thick and weigh 1 to 2 kilos. If anyone wants some of the lechatelierite material from this pristine new find, let me know. I will work on pictures of these things so you can see them. If anyone wants a particular impact related feature from this site, let me know. Once again let me reiterate about the impactor material - there are several samples being looked at for verification and classification. Until that process can complete I will not release meteoritic material. Have patie nce . . . there's plenty worth waiting for I promise. Have a great day list-buds! --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. --0-1728403146-1051711186=:20457 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <DIV>OK folks. This is going to be very, very difficult for you to believe; I am pinching myself every few minutes to make sure I'm awake. I assure you this is no joke. Later today I will have photos back I can post for you all of the place I am working. I have discovered a complex impact zone in the Southwestern US with multiple crater sites. Big ones. Two I have seen with my own eyes are in excess of 1/2 mile wide! I have evidence that these may be the head of an impact zone that stretches nearly 80 miles! I see possible evidence of up to seven impactors hitting in a 4 mile radius of where I have been working.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>OK here's the deal. I have a lot of material being analyzed, classified and catalogued. I am not going to release ANY meteoritic material until I have all that work done.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>However, there are some nice pieces of impact evidence that prove beyond any doubt that this is a meteorite impact zone. For instance, there are some gorgeous lechatelierites at the head of the zone. I better qualify my statement here; I say "head" of the zone because of the ultra high angle of attack these impactors came in on. I am no expert in these matters but my best guess is they might have been in an AoA as little as ten degrees. Anyway these lechatelierites are at the "area of first influence of the main impactor". Evidence points to the main impactor being a carbonaceous chondrite and thus some lechatelierites are pelted with microspherules of impactor material. One has a gorgeous moldavite buried in it's face! These lechatelierites are from 4 to 7 inches thick and weigh 1 to 2 kilos.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>If anyone wants some of the lechatelierite material from this pristine new find, let me know. I will work on pictures of these things so you can see them. If anyone wants a particular impact related feature from this site, let me know. Once again let me reiterate about the impactor material - there are several samples being looked at for verification and classification. Until that process can complete I will not release meteoritic material. Have patience . . . there's plenty worth waiting for I promise.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Have a great day list-buds!</DIV><p><hr SIZE=1> Do you Yahoo!?<br> <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/search/mailsig/*http://search.yahoo.com">The New Yahoo! Search</a> - Faster. Easier. Bingo. --0-1728403146-1051711186=:20457-- Received on Wed 30 Apr 2003 09:59:46 AM PDT |
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