[meteorite-list] Steve Arnold Discovers Brenham Main Mass

From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Nov 10 23:25:13 2005
Message-ID: <1978n1hhnu2opeulh58rl33017plbr7in1_at_4ax.com>

Well, this Brenham is the largest meteorite ever found in the US, the third largest meteorite in the
world, is over 100 years old, and is made from a rare material called "pallasite"!


Really impressive errors to article lenght ratio!


http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=sci_tech&id=3625933

100-Year-Old Meteorite Worth $1MNovember 10, 2005 - Folks are celebrating a rare find in Kansas, a
very large meteorite. It didn't fall recently.

Experts say it fell to Earth more than 100 years ago. A professional meteorite hunter found the
14-hundred pound rock using special equipment in western Kansas.
It was buried seven and a half feet deep. The rock is the largest meteorite ever found in the U.S.,
and the third largest in the world.

It is also made of a rare material called pallasite. Experts say it is worth about a million
dollars.
Received on Thu 10 Nov 2005 11:29:40 PM PST