[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
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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.
> >
> >
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Received on Sat 28 Apr 2007 09:22:48 AM PDT


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