[meteorite-list] NPA 4-1953 Meteorites Found In Australia (tektites)
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:31:57 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV23aaz7EjQxz00005b8c_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0030_01C3D2AF.02B3E680 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Congradulations NASA on the success of Spirit! Paper: Reno Evening Gazette City: Reno, Nevada Date: Tuesday, April 21, 1953 Page: 19 Meteorites Found In Australia SYDNEY, (AP) - Two Australian geologists have found small meteorites from= a comet which swept close to the earth about 10,000 years ago. The find, the biggest concentration of meteorites ever found in Australia= , is in an almost inaccessible part of the western Victorian coast. Compo= sed of black natural glass,the meteorites range from one-quarter to two i= nches in diameter. (Mark note: this article is about tektites, called australites in this re= gion.) Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor= and meteorite articles. ------=_NextPart_001_0030_01C3D2AF.02B3E680 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><FONT size=3D2> <P>= Congradulations NASA on the success of Spirit!</P> <P> </P> <P>Paper= : Reno Evening Gazette</P> <P>City: Reno, Nevada</P> <P>Date: Tuesday, Ap= ril 21, 1953</P> <P>Page: 19</P> <P> </P> <P>Meteorites Found In Aus= tralia</P> <P>SYDNEY, (AP) - Two Australian geologists have found small m= eteorites from a comet which swept close to the earth about 10,000 years = ago.</P> <P>The find, the biggest concentration of meteorites ever found = in Australia, is in an almost inaccessible part of the western Victorian = coast. Composed of black natural glass,the meteorites range from one-quar= ter to two inches in diameter.</FONT></P> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> <P>(Mark n= ote: this article is about tektites, called australites in this region.)<= /FONT><BR><BR>Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line arc= hive of meteor and meteorite articles.</P></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0030_01C3D2AF.02B3E680-- Received on Sun 04 Jan 2004 11:39:20 AM PST |
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