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

From: Meteoriteshow <meteoriteshow_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Mar 21 13:24:55 2005
Message-ID: <002701c5267e$a1d087e0$6396e052_at_bebees>

I don't know... I don't think so because it would be something linked to
differenciation, which occured at the very beggining of the Earth's life. As
Garren mentioned, I would rather go for the use of iron meteorites to
manufacture tools at the beggining of the 'age of iron'.
Anyway, I have no proof of that, and just mention suggestions.
I have heard also about an huge iron meteorite somewhere near then northern
pole, that had been used by men to make tools in the past, and was supposed
to be a holy stone. I do not remember exactly where it was, but I think
someone wrote something about it sometime ago on the list...

Cheers

Frederic


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Knudson" <peregrineflier_at_npgcable.com>
To: "Meteoriteshow" <meteoriteshow_at_free.fr>; "Arizona Skies Meteorites"
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] What are the latest Iron Falls?


> 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
> peregrineflier <><
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Meteoriteshow" <meteoriteshow_at_free.fr>
> To: "Arizona Skies Meteorites" <johnbirdsell_at_yahoo.com>;
> <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 12:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] What are the latest Iron Falls?
>
>
> > 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
> > IMCA # 2491 (http://www.meteoritecollectors.org/)
> >
> > ----- 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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