[meteorite-list] Old/New Hammer
From: Mike Jensen <meteoriteplaya_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 07:22:48 -0600 Message-ID: <6f9da8300704280622q1c95a22ei4784c4453a6cbcf6_at_mail.gmail.com> Hi Graham Yes you are correct I forgot that the definition of a hammer is just the "HAMs". Oh well it is still pretty cool that it hit a tree branch. So an Axe it is. Oh yea it is also a fall not represented in many collections as well regardless of being a Hammer or not. Mike -- Mike Jensen Jensen Meteorites 16730 E Ada PL Aurora, CO 80017-3137 303-337-4361 IMCA 4264 website: www.jensenmeteorites.com On 4/28/07, ensoramanda <ensoramanda at ntlworld.com> wrote: > Hi Mike, > > Interesting account...another meteorite to hit a tree. > > This brings back a discussion on the list when I called the Mokoia I > acquired a "hammer" because it hit a tree. Several people on the list > disagreed and thought that a hammer needed to hit a man made > object/surface to qualify as a hammer. A long list of alternative and > amusing names were then conjured up by list members for tree hitters. I > thought that an "axe" seemed to fit the theme the best! > > Such stories/history of meteorites all add to their appeal. > > Good luck. > > Graham Ensor nr Barwell UK > > Mike Jensen wrote: > > > Hi All > > I was recently doing some research on Meester-Cornelis, an observed > > fall from Indonesia, and ran across some great information on Marco > > Langbroek's website. The article was originally in Dutch but I was > > able to translate it into English. The main reason I mention this is I > > notice it hit and damaged a tree. I will be offering some pieces for > > sale later on. > > > > Here is the original and my English version as well; > > > > Ref > > http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek/metind.html > > > > In de vroege ochtend van 2 juni 1915 viel rond 6:30 uur lokale tijd en > > vergezeld > > van sonic booms een 24.75 kg zware meteoriet bij het dorpje Duren > > Sawit. Hij > > sloeg in op slechts 11 meter afstand van het huis van de heer Tajim, > > welke de inslag samen met zijn zoontje Saima hoorde, naar > > buiten ging, en constateerde dat de meteoriet een tak van een boom had > > afgebroken en daarna een 1 meter diep en 35 cm brede inslagput had > > geslagen. De > > inslaglokatie werd voor zeer korte tijd een soort bedevaartsoord waar > > de lokale > > bevolking offers aan de meteoriet bracht, totdat de meteoriet de > > volgende dag in > > opdracht van de assistent-resident van Meester-Cornelis in beslag werd > > genomen. > > De sonic booms zijn gehoord tot op een afstand van 12 km van de > > inslagplaats. > > Het hoekige karakter van de steen laat zien dat er meer fragmenten > > neer moeten > > zijn gekomen. De suggestie in de 'Catalogue of Meteorites' (Grady > > 2000) dat de > > val mogelijk op 2 augustus heeft plaatsgevonden, is incorrect (zie Van Es > > (1918), d > > ie de inslaglokatie op 3 juni 1915 persoonlijk bezocht). De meteoriet > > is een > > steenmeteoriet, een chondriet uit de H groep met petrologische graad 5 > > (een > > "gewone" chondriet met hoog ijzergehalte en hoge graad van metamorphose). > > > > In the early morning hours of 2 June 1915 around 6.30 AM local time, > > in the > > village Duren Sawit, the sound of detonations were accompanied by the > > fall of a > > 24.75 kg stone. A witness who after hearing the detonations, a Mr > > Tajim and his > > son Siama, went outside and found a meteorite only 11 meters away from > > their > > house. They observed that the meteorite had demolished the branch of a > > tree and > > excavated a 1 meter deep and 35 cm wide crater. The crater location > > became for > > very short time a place of pilgrimage where the local population brought > > sacrifices to the meteorite, until the meteorite was confiscated the > > next day by > > an authority from Meester-Cornelis. The sound of detonations had been > > heard for > > a distance of 12 km. The angular character of the stone shows that > > there must be more fragments to be found. The suggestion in the ' > > Catalogue of Meteorites ' (M. > > Grady 2000) that the fall on 2 August has possibly taken place is > > incorrect > > (refer to L.J.C. Van Es (1918), who personally visited the > > fall location on 3 June 1915). The meteorite is a stone meteorite, > > chondrite from the H group with petrologic grade 5 ("ordinary" > > chondrite with high iron quality and high degree > > of metamorphism). > > > > M. Grady (2000), Catalogue of Meteorites (5th edition), Cambridge > > University > > Press. > > > > L.J.C. Van Es (1918), Jaarboek van het Mijnwezen in Nederlandsch > > Oost-Indi? 47, > > 21-40. > > > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >Received on Sat 28 Apr 2007 09:22:48 AM PDT |
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