[meteorite-list] New Kansas Meteorite!

From: JKGwilliam <h3chondrite_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 10:27:51 -0700
Message-ID: <6.2.1.2.0.20061202102630.01c87f90_at_pop.west.cox.net>

With one of the Shaw brothers involved in this recovery, there is most
certainly a good story to go along with the find. Jerry? Mark? Do you
guys have anything more to tell?

John

At 02:15 PM 12/1/2006, Mike Miller wrote:
>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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