[meteorite-list] Re: Chicxulub Meteorite?

From: Walter Branch <branchw_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:27:43 2004
Message-ID: <001d01c3a10e$d4264dc0$62c59f44_at_wbranch>

Hi Bob,

No, RF is in New England, Connecticut I believe.

-Walter
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Walter Branch, Ph.D.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Martino" <martino.6_at_osu.edu>
To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 12:52 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Re: Chicxulub Meteorite?


> 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!
>
> -----
> Bob Martino, Tucson, AZ
>
> Can you really name a star? Read the Truth!
> http://home.columbus.rr.com/starfaq/
> .
>
> > 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
>
>
>
>
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