[meteorite-list] Question about oriented meteorites

From: j.divelbiss_at_att.net <j.divelbiss_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Dec 6 19:01:41 2004
Message-ID: <120720040001.15448.41B4F2D4000ED25A00003C5821602807419C9C070D040A90070BD206_at_att.net>

Jason,

We met last year in Tucson. It was Sunday morning over at the Meteorite Man's room...the day you and your partner loaded that big chondrite into a small car going west. Did Rob ever give that thing up?Anyway...

Advice: Enjoy being the Kid...it goes fast.

John




-------------- Original message from Jason Utas <meteoritekid_at_gmail.com>: --------------


> Hello Rob and All,
> In Response to this:
>
> >> "The object weighing 47.015 kg with a 4.75 specific gravity was
> >> fallen..."
> ...
> > it could still be another type of meteorite (meso or pallasite?)
> >Rob [Matson]
>
> A mesosiderite or pallasite seems pretty improbable -- if the density
> of iron is 7.874g/cm^3,
> then either this meteorite has verrry little iron in it and is a stony
> or it's made of half iron and half air (or some other nearly
> weightless substance [yeah right]).
>
> The Kid
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Received on Mon 06 Dec 2004 07:01:38 PM PST