[meteorite-list] Shield-shaped meteorites
From: Peter Marmet <p.marmet_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Nov 27 09:52:38 2005 Message-ID: <43540345-1254-43DE-89E9-8C92865897DF_at_mysunrise.ch> Hello list, here's another picture of the famous Cabin Creek meteorite and a few more picts taken at the Vienna museum. http://www.marmet-meteorites.com/id15.html Peter Marmet Michael Farmer wrote: > Cabin Creek is without a doubt, the most aesthetically beautiful > symmetrical meteorite out there. It is worth the trip to Vienna > just to see that meteorite, the rest are icing on the cake. > I viewed it with awe in the Vienna Collection. > Mike Farmer > ----- Original Message ----- From: <jbaxter112_at_pol.net> > To: <bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de> > Cc: <Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 11:16 PM > 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 >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>> Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com >>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>> >>> >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> >> > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > Received on Sun 27 Nov 2005 09:52:53 AM PST |
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