[meteorite-list] Which came first the chicken or the egg?

From: Randy Korotev <korotev_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:30:58 -0500
Message-ID: <201104271927.p3RJRuQ17332_at_levee.wustl.edu>

I've asked Robert Haag when Calcalong Creek was found, and he said
"no idea amigo."

The actual find dates for the three Yamato 79xxxx stones are listed here
http://meteorites.wustl.edu/lunar/moon_meteorites_list_alpha.htm
I dug those out of the Japanese literature.

Randy Korotev



At 01:26 PM 2011-04-27 Wednesday, you wrote:
>Jeff, Al, Martin and Listers,
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>After reading the posts I have a better idea how I am going to
>approach the Calcalong Creek and ALHA81005 meteorites and stay true
>to science and culture that these meteorites hold. I do believe the
>stories that follows these meteorites are great and right in their
>own. And I am also intrigued by the EETA79001 meteorite that Jeff
>had suggested about Mars meteorites. Al, being there when Robert
>unveiled the Calcalong Creek has to be an all time high to see and
>hold that meteorite. Now lets go out and find the first American
>Lunar meteorite guys.
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>Rock on
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>Shawn Alan
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>Let's make no mistake about the importance of ALHA81005: this was the
>stone that led to the discovery that rocks from the Moon were present in
>the meteorite record on Earth.
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>Likewise, EETA79001 was the stone that provided the first convincing
>evidence that Mars rocks were present on Earth. Until that time,
>Chassigny and Nakhla were just different kinds of achondrites.
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>These meteorites are the ones that belong in the science hall of fame.
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>Jeff
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>On 4/27/2011 1:10 AM, Shawn Alan wrote:
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> > Hello Frank and Listers,
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> > Why I asked this question was because a couple weeks ago I sent
> out some emails on a project I am working on and someone had
> suggested that I should have ALHA81005 with the project I am doing
> because it was the first Lunar meteorite found. Thats some big new
> for the meteorite/science world. I got to looking around and saw
> that the date was 1981 or 1982 when the lunar was discovered and I
> had also noticed on the Meteoritical Bulletin Database that
> Calcalong Creek was discovered 1960. I had also read other sources
> that stated that the Calcalong Creek was found after 1960 but
> before 1990 by an Aborigine meteorite hunter in the Millbillillie
> strewnfield. Science likes to be 100% right so to say that the
> ALHA81005 was the first discovered lunar meteorite has some doubt
> in my mind because of the project I am doing. Yes I can agree that
> the ALHA81005 is the first classified meteorite, however to say
> that it was the first lunar to be found has some little
> doubts
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> > because of what had be going on in Austrial from 1960 to 1990
> with the collecting of the Millbillillie meteorites. I would like
> to see or hear what Robert Haag can recall from that day when he
> found that specail meteorite. Hes the first source and could help
> enlighten what he can recall from the day he found the first lunar
> meteorite out side of Anartica and could also be the first found
> lunar as well. Hope he reads this and can put some light on to this
> fasinating discovery.
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