[meteorite-list] Is this Irelands first meteorite find? pictures

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:38:54 -0400
Message-ID: <e51421550907181238k1e8ae84bg7836a221e679db06_at_mail.gmail.com>

According to the Met Bulletin -

Northern Ireland has 2 approved mets -

Bovedy (L3 fall 1969)
Crumlin (L5 fall 1902)

Grady's Catalogue of Meteorites reveals an additional 5 meteorites for
Ireland, in addition to the 2 for Northern Ireland - that makes a
total of 7.

Limerick (H5 fall, 1813)
Dundrum (H5 fall, 1865)
Mooresfort (H5 fall, 1810)
Killeter (H6 fall, 1844)
Pettiswood (unclassified fall, 1779)

Some observations - The Irish have sharp eyes. Every approved
meteorite from that nation is a witnessed fall. So, the original
poster that inquired about his suspect specimen could be right in his
assertion - there are no FINDS from Ireland, only falls.

Best regards,

MikeG



On 7/18/09, Michael Blood <mlblood at cox.net> wrote:
> I,m not sure who said this could be Ireland's first meteorite....
> But isn't Bovedy ( April 25, 1969 Bovedy (L3) Londonderry, N. Ireland
> THROUGH STORE ROOF - from:
> http://michaelbloodmeteorites.com/Hammers2.html
> The first Ireland meteorite?
> Michael
>
>
> On 7/18/09 9:05 AM, "Pete Pete" <rsvp321 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi, all,
>>
>> I've definintely seen similar objects - melted aluminum cans from a camp
>> fire.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Pete
>>
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------
>>> Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:38:45 -0400
>>> From: meteoritemike at gmail.com
>>> To: mail at mhmeteorites.com
>>> CC: jim_brady611 at o2.co.uk; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Is this Irelands first meteorite find?
>>> pictures
>>>
>>> The photo caption says it's not magnetic and is very light. So
>>> chances are (combined with the appearance), it's not a meteorite.
>>> It's an interesting little piece of metal that probably has a good
>>> story behind it, but I think it's terrestrial.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> MikeG
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7/18/09, Matt Morgan wrote:
>>>> Hi Jim
>>>> Interesting object. It reminds me of a piece of bomb shrapnel. It does
>>>> not
>>>> appear to be a meteorite, but maybe you could remove a tiny piece and do
>>>> a
>>>> nickel test.
>>>> Matt
>>>> ------Original Message------
>>>> From: jim_brady611 at o2.co.uk
>>>> Sender: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
>>>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>>>> ReplyTo: jim_brady611 at o2.co.uk
>>>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Is this Irelands first meteorite find?
>>>> pictures
>>>> Sent: Jul 18, 2009 4:05 AM
>>>>
>>>> Hello list members
>>>> I've been contacted by a fellow in Dublin who found this
>>>> object years ago and has always been curious about whether it might be
>>>> a meteorite.He states that it is about 2cms long(roughly 7/8 of an inch
>>>> for our non-metric list members) and is light like aluminium.I have
>>>> asked him whether it was magnetic and he said 'no' .
>>>> Of course I should have asked him whether it was
>>>> attracted to a magnet, so I did and waiting for his reponse now.Because
>>>> this object is so small I've advised him that the best way to test may
>>>> be to file down a flat area and apply nitol to see if a pattern emerges.
>>>> Of course even this isn't 100% if it happened to be an ataxite.
>>>> I told him I thought it was unlikely that the object was
>>>> meteoritic in nature but that I would pose the question to the
>>>> meteorite list and see what the experts think.So if you could please
>>>> take a look and offer your opinions I'd appreciate it.
>>>> Jim Brady
>>>>
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