[meteorite-list] Copper meteor-wrong...was RSPD - July 7, 2008

From: Michael Murray <mmurray_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 17:19:20 -0600
Message-ID: <41D32965-90F0-420F-A9C0-CBE0FB47C976_at_montrose.net>

Not trying to bore anyone with my itty-bitty pieces but here is one
with a face on one side that is bright brassy looking. I have not
seen another with a slab like that but am relatively sure there would
be others out there. When I first saw that flyer with the reference
to a copper meteorite, I was picturing it to be similar to this
little guy.
<http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p124/mmurray_02/IMG_0183.jpg>

Mike in CO

On Jul 8, 2008, at 5:11 PM, Sterling K. Webb wrote:

> Hi, E, and List
>
> From ARN:
> http://www.meteorites4sale.net/MET_E.HTM
>
> Eaton.......................................40'31' N., 104'41' W.
> Weld County, Colorado, U.S.A.
> Fell 1931, May 10, 1715 hrs
> Pseudometeorite..
> A copper nugget weighing 29.457g is reported to have been
> observed to fall. This copper "meteorite" is discredited, It contains
> 33% Zn, small Pb inclusions and less than 0.1% Ni. It is similar to
> yellow brass, and distinct from native terrestrial copper and
> meteoritic
> copper, the latter having 0.4% to 2.4% Ni.
>
> Sounds like a bushing to me...
>
>
> Sterling K. Webb
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mr EMan" <mstreman53 at yahoo.com>
> To: <SPACEROCKSINC at aol.com>; "Michael Murray" <mmurray at montrose.net>
> Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 5:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Copper meteor-wrong...was RSPD - July
> 7, 2008
>
>
> I believe in case of a psuedo meteorite "fall" of what appeared to
> be pure
> copper, was actually matched in some manner to a copper engine
> bushing off a
> Ford Tri-motor.
>
> Elton
>
>
> --- On Mon, 7/7/08, Michael Murray <mmurray at montrose.net> wrote:
>
> "The only known copper meteorite in the world."
>> Which is that?
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