[meteorite-list] Possible Meteorite Value if used as Tools

From: Piper R.W. Hollier <piper_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:07:27 +0100
Message-ID: <201003021808.o22I8a2v076506_at_smtp-vbr5.xs4all.nl>

Hi Greg, Richard, Greg, GeoZay, Darryl, Tom, Eric, Steve, Mike, and list,

The listing in the NHM Catalogue of Meteorites for Rodeo (Durango,
Mexico) states: A mass of 97lb (44kg) was found about 7 miles NW of
Rodeo and was used as an anvil for many years.

The text of an article by O.C. Farrington about the the Rodeo
meteorite can be found here:

http://www.archive.org/stream/rodeometeorite31farr/rodeometeorite31farr_djvu.txt

Google Books (books.google.com) has scanned pages from Vagn
Buchwald's "Iron and Steel in Ancient Times," which describes in some
detail how fragments of Coahuila, Toluca, Cape York, and other irons
have been used as tools of various kinds. There's an interesting
passage there about how the Inuit crafted nut-sized fragments of Cape
York iron into useful items, using the largest masses as anvils and
bringing in basaltic hammer stones from a location 50 km distant.

Best wishes to all,

Piper
Received on Tue 02 Mar 2010 01:07:27 PM PST