[meteorite-list] Rock-Picking Farmer Finds $1 Million Meteorite In

From: Martin Horejsi <martinh_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:23:44 2004
Message-ID: <BA8911FD.1290%martinh_at_isu.edu>

Howdy again,

I just heard from the owners of the stone that they are going to be on the
Today Show and CNN tomorrow.

Someone please tell me about it since I do not have a television.

Cheers,

Martin




On 3/3/03 1:06 PM, "Martin Horejsi" <martinh_at_isu.edu> wrote:

> Ron kindly suggested:
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>> I'm curious as to what type it is as well. Both articles didn't say.
>> It looks to be either an iron or stony-iron. Because it is being
>> touted as a one-of-a-kind meteorites. I would guess it is in
>> the stony-iron class.
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> Hi Folks,
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> The rock in the article is the Milton Pallasite that I wrote about in
> Meteorite Magazine in the May 2002 issue.
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> Milton is a unique pallasite that appears to be somewhere between the main
> group pallasites and the Eagle Station pallasites but not directly on the
> line between them. There are also some interesting chemical similarities
> between Milton and carbonaceous chondrites.
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> Milton is likely material from an asteroid as yet unrepresented in our
> collections.
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> Given the price of Eagle Station, the $500/g figure is not quite so
> surprising.
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> Cheers,
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> Martin
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