[meteorite-list] AD: USA Falls - Norton County & Petersburg
From: Jeff Kuyken <info_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 12:46:43 +1000 Message-ID: <FB8A0B2DDCC140BAB08F97164EC2E006_at_JeffPC> Interesting Norton piece Bob and well worth looking at the pics folks. I was recently lucky enough to obtain a couple of nice Norton County pieces and found that I was quite surprised by them. I didn't know what I'd been missing all these years... it's a fascinating and unique meteorite! Certainly well worth reading up on. Cheers, Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Verish" <bolidechaser at yahoo.com> To: "Meteorite-list Meteoritecentral" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2010 7:03 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] AD: USA Falls - Norton County & Petersburg > Hello again List, > > I have some auctions on eBay that are ending soon: > > <http://shop.ebay.com/bolide*chaser/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p4340> > > These can be considered historical USA FALLS: > > The PETERSBURG Meteorite. This Achondrite - Polymict Eucrite type, Fell > to Earth on August 5th, 1855 at 15:30hrs, in Lincoln County, Tennessee, > USA. > Petersburg, partslice (0.12 grams) > <http://tinyurl.com/35hen2a> > > This ultra-rare, historical USA Fall has great provenance: from Russ > Kempton at NEMS via the Michael Cottingham Meteorite Collection. > > ------------------------ > > Norton County > - Classified as AUBRITE - > - (fragmental impact breccia) - > - Fell across the Kansas-Nebraska state line - in 1948 - TKW >1.1MT > - Impact BRECCIA fragment 7.92grams > > <http://tinyurl.com/NortonCounty> > This specimen appears in the UNM Collection Catalog as "Specimen number = > N.15965 ": > <http://epswww1.unm.edu/metcat/sample_output.php?samplename=NORTON%20COUNTY> > > Check-out the images on the auction site. > All of the above specimens are now listed on eBay: > <http://shop.ebay.com/bolide*chaser/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p4340> > > Hope you enjoy the images, > Bob V. > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > Received on Fri 06 Aug 2010 10:46:43 PM PDT |
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