[meteorite-list] Re: Chicxulub Meteorite?

From: Bob Martino <martino.6_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:27:43 2004
Message-ID: <0ab901c3a105$869891c0$0300000a_at_TheMonolith>

Steve (or anyone else),

So who _is_ the source here? mi-meteorites doesn't have an "about me" page.
He was recently selling tiny pieces of Ensisheim with very similar
packaging. i.e. a micromount attached to a brass plaque. The Ensisheim
plaque was a reproduction of the famous woodcut. Is this the Mr. Farrell who
is referred to in the "Stop Thief!" thread?

I'd certainly like to know, because I was going to bid on one of the
Ensisheim plaques next time it came up. If it is Mr. Farrell who is offering
it, then NO WAY!

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> humm..
>
> I recall, a few years ago, that there was an article in Scientific
American, or was it Science... which one I cannot remember... but the gist
of it was that fragments of this impactor were found in drilling samples
taken from the ocean bottom.
>
> What was significant about the correlation was that the samples were taken
from sediments at a point that corresponded to a 65 million year point on
the ever moving ocean bottom plate. The depth below the surface of the
ocean was about 15,000 feet and the sample was further drilled from the
sediment and recognized in the iridium deposit that is closely associated
with the extinction event.
>
> All of this said, the two very small samples were certainly identified...
not as iron but a carbonaceous meteorite.
>
> And I imagine that these two tiny samples that were found were acquired at
great cost.
>
> So... that sheds some doubt on the validity the claims in this auction.
>
> All I can say is...
>
> Know the source.
>
> Steve Schoner/ams
>
>
> "Bernhard \"Rendelius\" Rems" <rendelius_at_rpgdot.com> wrote:
>
> Is this true?
>
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3239&item=2200658634
> Regards,
>
> Bernhard
Received on Sun 02 Nov 2003 12:52:34 AM PST