[meteorite-list] PALEO Meteorite||||Was Very Rare NWA2828

From: dean bessey <deanbessey_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 17:41:40 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <959008.86034.qm_at_web56107.mail.re3.yahoo.com>

--- Matt Morgan <mmorgan at mhmeteorites.com> wrote:
> How long does it take to be considered "paleo"? All
> the means is "old".
> Please shed some light on this for me...
> Matt Morgan
>
I dont think that "Paleo" is a proper way to describe
them as these meteorites are not paleolithic.
Paleolithic is an era starting just before mesolithic
(13,000 or somewhere around that years ago - I cant
remember exactly) going back to the dawn of man which
is around 2.5 million years ago.
Well there is dispute when the first man showed up but
it certainly wasnt 110 million years ago like the Lake
murrey "paleo" meteorite which is a Cretaceous
meteorite - not a paleolithic one.
"Relic", which has also been used is a much better
word to describe these meteorites.
Cheers
DEAN
www.meteoriteshop.com





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Received on Sat 06 Jan 2007 08:41:40 PM PST