[meteorite-list] Tornado snatches 1, 000 pound pallasite meteorite

From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 06 May 2007 18:21:02 -0500
Message-ID: <4fos33penksgmsef6h5a9rvikqfsc0uc3k_at_4ax.com>

On Sun, 6 May 2007 17:35:04 EDT, you wrote:

>If you look at photo #12 here:
>
>http://www.kansas.com/static/slides/050507tornadoaerials/
>
>In the center of the picture about 1/6 of the way up from the bottom there
>is what looks like the 2 ft x 3 ft oak stand (possibly tipped over) that the
>1,000 pound meteorite used to sit on. Something is still on the stand, but it
> might be debris. But, just to the left of the stand is a big brown blob.
>I think that is the meteorite. However, the brown blob might be the old
>buffalo skin that was kept in the same room as the meteorite.
>

I think you're right about that lower object. And another brown blob just
behind and to the right of the stand could be the buffalo skin:

http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/tmp/debris.jpg
Received on Sun 06 May 2007 07:21:02 PM PDT