[meteorite-list] What are the latest Iron Falls?

From: Tom Knudson <peregrineflier_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Mar 21 13:24:55 2005
Message-ID: <006501c52673$a9dc2a80$2d107918_at_Michelle>

Fr?d?ric Beroud wrote'

"I always wondered why so few irons have been found so far in the Sahara
Desert... I think that as most of the time they are heavier than OCs, the
ones that landed over there are still under the surface, waiting fo erosion
to make them appearing... "

Along those same lines, I wonder if Irons work their way down, not unlike
gold in a gold pan, while the lighter material works it's was to the
surface?


Thanks, Tom
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> Hi,
>
> I always wondered why so few irons have been found so far in the Sahara
> Desert... I think that as most of the time they are heavier than OCs, the
> ones that landed over there are still under the surface, waiting fo
erosion
> to make them appearing... Another solution I thought of is that most of
them
> have been used in the prehistoric time for making tools, as the first iron
> tools to be made after the neolithic period were most probably made of
> meteoritic material...
> Does anybody have any other suggestion?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Fr?d?ric Beroud
> www.meteoriteshow.com
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Arizona Skies Meteorites" <johnbirdsell_at_yahoo.com>
> To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 6:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] What are the latest Iron Falls?
>
>
> > Yes Martin, that is a gorgous piece with a beautiful
> > rolled back lip. It is striking just how few iron
> > falls there actually are. There must be thousands of
> > chondritic falls over the same time span. It just goes
> > to show that the rare desert irons that are coming out
> > now reflect hundreds of thousands of years of
> > accumulation. Once these have been picked clean we'll
> > have a long time to wait for an equally rich hunting
> > environment ;-)
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> >
> > -John
> >
> >
> > --- Martin Altmann <Altmann_at_Meteorite-Martin.de>
> > wrote:
> > > Not to forget the killer iron Ali Hmani had in
> > > Munich,
> > > must be a recent fall with that blueish fresh crust.
> > > You can see him, holding that iron in the latest
> > > Meteorite Magazine issue,
> > > in Pilski's show report.
> > >
> > > Meow!
> > > Martin
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de>
> > > To: <Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> > > Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 6:11 PM
> > > Subject: [meteorite-list] What are the latest Iron
> > > Falls?
> > >
> > >
> > > > 1. What were the last 3 to 5 recorded iron
> > > > falls around the world? Does it include SA?
> > >
> > > Kaposf&#252;red - IVA - Hungary - 1995
> > > Ban Rong Du - Thailand - 1993
> > > Sterlitamak - IIIAB - former USSR - 1990
> > > Chisenga - Malawi - 1988
> > > Raghunathpura - IIAB - India - 1986
> > > Akyumak - IVA - Turkey - 1981
> > > Ningbo - IVA - China - 1975
> > > Juromenha - IIIAB - Portugal - 1968
> > > Muzaffarpur - IRANOM - India - 1964
> > > Bogou - IAB - Upper Volta - 1962
> > > Kayakent - IIIAB - Turkey - 1961
> > > Yardymly - IIICD - former USSR - 1959
> > > Sikhote-Alin - IIAB - former USSR - 1947
> > >
> > >
> > > Best wishes,
> > >
> > > Bernd
> > >
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