[meteorite-list] Toolbox Meteorite - Implements and Tools

From: star-bits at tx.rr.com <star-bits_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 0:03:48 +0000
Message-ID: <20081211000349.M3INC.235431.root_at_cdptpa-web22-z02>

Also add Cranbourne to the list

"Some stories tell of Aborigines dancing around the meteorite long before a settler, passing that way, attempted to tether his horse to what he thought was a stump protruding from the ground... The first mention of the meteorite resulted from the Melbourne Exhibition held in 1854. This occasion of the times featured a exhibit of hroseshoe made by a Melbourne farrier from quote "a specimen of iron from Western Port" Later investigations were to reveal that a small protion of the meteorite had been chiselled off the main mass to forge the horseshoe." Australian Gem and Treasure Hunter 1982

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Received on Wed 10 Dec 2008 07:03:48 PM PST