[meteorite-list] 10 Most Scientifically Important Meteorites

From: Michael Gilmer <michael_w_gilmer_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 08:57:54 -0800 (PST)
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I do play a scientist on television, so here goes :

1) Roosevelt County 005 - the only known L6 that weighs 12 grams.

2) Elephant Moraine 83290 - the most obscure LL6 that most people have never heard of.

3) NWA 4293 - set the world aesthetic standard for "wind polish"

4) Campo Del Cielo - gave the Argentines a reason to form jackbooted squads of stormtroopers to comb rock shows.

5) Buzzard Coulee - gave the fine folks in the great white north a
way to make a little coin. Eh?

6) Dhofar 491 - is it an H5? Nobody is sure. It's one of only 2 known "H5?" meteorites.

7) Roosevelt County 009 - the other mysterious "H5?" meteorite. Who knew that Roosevelt County was famous for something other than
Stuckey's legendary Pecan Log Roll?

8) Andhara - It's taken over 100 years to classify this stone, and the classification still isn't finished.

9) Kaalijarv - the only known Estonian iron. That's worth something.

10) LaPaz Icefield 04644 - scientists are still trying to unlock the mysteries hidden away in this .63 gram piece of relict fusion
crust.



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Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA)
Member of the Meteoritical Society.
Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network.
Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and http://www.glassthrower.com
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Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 23:38:35 -0800 (PST)
From: greg stanley <stanleygregr at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] What are the top 10 mostscientifically
    importantmeteorites?
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All:

I'm not a scientist but here goes.

1. ALH84001
2. Orgueil
3. Allende
4. Murchison
5. ALHA 81005
6. Tagish Lake
7. Abee
8. D'Orbigny
9. Canyon Diablo
10. Esquel

Greg Stanley



      
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