[meteorite-list] Finding fossil Meteorites

From: Yinan Wang <veomega_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:54:10 -0500
Message-ID: <AANLkTikJgdcZQ7RNvkuZ5ep2ft4XL6z37K73T2LNnx1S_at_mail.gmail.com>

As a fossil collector, I can tell you that there are tons of
meteor-wrongs in sedimentary rock. The main reason is that a lot of
metallic concretions form in sedimentary rock diagenetically; hematite
nodules, iron phosphates, pyrite concretions, marcasite, etc.

So you would find good layers of limestone and then suddenly there's a
meteorite-shaped nodule... But you guys know how to ID meteorites.

For Count Deiro; here's a link to a geologic map of Nevada:
http://geology.about.com/od/maps/ig/stategeomaps/NVgeomap.htm

-Yinan



On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Count Deiro <countdeiro at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hello Martin, Dave and List,
>
> This is very interesting information and I would like to ask if there are persons on List who could tell me if Nevada has Ordovician limestone deposits recorded and where I could access such data.
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
> Count deiro
> IMCA 3536
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Matthew Martin <mmartin at meteoritetreasures.com>
>>Sent: Oct 25, 2010 3:03 PM
>>To: Dave Myers <whitefalcons007 at yahoo.com>
>>Cc: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Finding fossil Meteorites
>>
>>Hello Dave & List,
>>
>>Dave, thanks for sharing this article. ?I found it very interesting
>>and admit that I had never given a second thought to the possibility
>>of meteorites being buried in sedimentary rock just as once living
>>organisms. ?I also found the information on their fossilization very
>>cool. ?Thanks again for sharing. ?For anyone who has not read it yet,
>>it's a short, yet informative article.
>>
>>As for your stones, Dave, I am not a minerologist, so I will not
>>speculate on their type. ?If I were to give a guess though, I'd say
>>they're terrestrial.
>>
>>Aloha!
>>
>>Matt
>>
>>
>>
>>Quoting Dave Myers <whitefalcons007 at yahoo.com>:
>>
>>> Hi List,
>>>
>>> Has anyone read this great artical about meteorites being found in Ordivician
>>> fossil limestone.
>>> After reading it I starting searching months ago. And found 2 very
>>> interesting
>>> stones, One looks like it could be a diogenite and the other stone has a
>>> subophitic texture like some lunars and a few Angrites
>>>
>>> So here is a link to the artical if you have not read it,
>>> http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Mar04/fossilMeteorites.html
>>>
>>> and second is link is to my face book page with pictures of what I found and
>>> where they were found, Just wondering are they worth getting tested, I do not
>>> want to waste money if there not.
>>>
>>> Thanks for any info.
>>>
>>> http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=47781&id=100000209843157
>>>
>>>
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