[meteorite-list] Shield-shaped meteorites

From: Martin Altmann <Altmann_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Nov 27 08:02:14 2005
Message-ID: <00be01c5f354$9c313480$6389fea9_at_9y6y40j>

The last unsolvable mystery of meteoritics:

How does Cabin Creek looks from behind?

Did anyone ever saw the back?
Buckleboo!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Strope" <jim_at_catchafallingstar.com>
Cc: <Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 1:58 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Shield-shaped meteorites


> Here is a photo of Cabin Creek that I took when I was in Vienna a few
years
> ago.
>
> http://209.238.151.128/cabincreek1.JPG
>
> Unfortunately I could not get a good side-view photo.
>
> Jim Strope
> http://www.catchafallingstar.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <jbaxter112_at_pol.net>
> To: <bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de>
> Cc: <Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 1:16 AM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Shield-shaped meteorites
>
>
> > Hello Berndt and list,
> >
> > Those list members who are interested in this topic and have not seen
the
> > 47.4 kg Cabin Creek, Arkansas iron meteorite in the Vienna Museum of
> > Natural History should check it out at the museum's web site. It does
not
> > compare in size to the amazing Sikhote-Alin mass but its beauty and
> > symmetry are remarkable. For those who own Dr. Norton's Cambridge
> > Encyclopedia of Meteorites there are beautiful frontal and oblique
> > photographs of this meteorite on page 53. This is one I would
definitely
> > love to see in person one day.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > Jim Baxter
> >> Peter Sch. wrote:
> >>
> >>> I am studying shield shaped iron meteorites. I was wondering
> >>> what meteorite my fellow list members think is the best shield?
> >>
> >> One of the best if not the very best of the shield-shaped meteorites is
> >> the 1745 kg Sikhote-Alin mass. According to Buchwald, it measures about
> >> 1.2 x 1.0 x 0.5 m and is beautifully regmaglypted. Some regmaglypts or
> >> thumbprints are 4-8 cm in diameter and radiate away from the apex of
the
> >> shield-shaped cone. Along the edges, these thumbprints form conspicuous
> >> elongated grooves parallel to the direction of flight of the shield
> >> through the atmosphere. There is also a fissure, 20-40 cm deep, that
> >> extends from the apex and almost divides the mass into two halves.
> >>
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >> Good night,
> >>
> >> Bernd
> >>
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