[meteorite-list] New Kansas Meteorite!

From: Mike Miller <meteoritefinder_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 13:15:34 -0800
Message-ID: <468bf6050612011315h7a7ee1b3yb292e53ad87d1145_at_mail.gmail.com>

WOW! That is a reall y nice and fresh meteorite! Congratulations! What
are the circumstances of the find?

On 12/1/06, MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector at msn.com> wrote:
> Fellow Kansas Meteorite Society founder Jerry Calvert is having a problem
> posting on the list, below is an e-mail from him on our newest Kansas
> meteorite, It is super fresh.
>
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerry Calvert
> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 12:39 PM
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: New Kansas Meteorite!
> Hi list,
> I am pleased to announce a new meteorite recovered on May 11, 2006 from
> Republic County near the town of Kackley, KS.
> A fully crusted single stone weighing 1.368 kg was found adjacent to a
> cultivated field. The specimen was classified by
> Paul Sipiera at the Planetary Studies Foundation in Galena, Illionois.
> Additional material will be sent to the University of Washington
> for further study. The specimen has been classified as an H4 chondrite, Fa
> 18.56, Fs 17.7. Below is a link to several photos compliments
> of Mark Bostick and myself, larger res. photos available on request. The
> main mass will remain with the Kansas Meteorite Society Collection in
> Wichita, Kansas. The data
> is being submitted to the nomenclature committee by Paul Sipiera with a
> proposed name of "Kackley".
>
> http://www.kansasmeteorites.com/Klackley.html
>
> Best Regards,
> Jerry Calvert
> Kansas Meteorite Society
>
>
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