[meteorite-list] Shatter Cone

From: John L <jl_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 23:59:10 -0500
Message-ID: <E7EC3F6679F649A49D6FAA45B6A66AB2_at_Home>

Hello Dan and all,

New to this list.

I've contacted Larry and will be loaning him my TS of Sudbury--Black
Onaping.

I'm glad to be here.

John Lutzon
IMCA# 1896

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Wray" <daniel_wray at comcast.net>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; "Larry Atkins"
<thetoprok at aol.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 11:35 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Shatter Cone


> Larry,
>
> Based on your findings I pulled out my slice of Black Onaping, it is
> indeed magnetic in certain spots. This is a revelation. I had never
> thought to check my impact breccias for magnetic susceptibility. My Grey
> Onaping does not react the same way.
>
> Dan
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Larry Atkins" <thetoprok at aol.com>
> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 7:00 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Shatter Cone
>
>
>> Hello List,
>>
>> It's nearly unanimous, the shatter cone would appear to be exactly
>> that. I had correspondence with a glacier expert from Univ. of Toronto,
>> Canada, and he said that I am exactly in line with the direction of
>> glacial flow from the Sudbury region and it's no surprise that one could
>> be found here. The specimen matches
>> visually,
>> enough I
>> guess that I can't get an official analyses done, they just have to
>> look at it and know. It's either from Sudbury
>> or Wanapitei, which is directly adjacent to Sudbury.
>>
>> During my small investigation I think I solved another mystery as
>> well. I have a rock that I thought was possibly a meteorite but it
>> turns out it might be Black Onaping, also from the Sudbury impact !
>> Iguess
>> I'm in a far flung zone of Sudbury material. The possible onaping I
>> found in a
>> gravel pit. I should probably investigate more of the many gravel pits
>> in the area. I do wonder about the metal in the Onaping. Typically, is
>> there metal in Onaping? The specimen is only lightly attracted to a
>> magnet and it is the tiny metal pieces that are the source of the
>> attraction. Really neat stuff!
>>
>> http://s934.photobucket.com/albums/ad190/alienrockfarm/Possible%20Black%20Onaping%20Impact%20Breccia%20Sudbury/
>>
>> Someone emailed me and said that if the shatter cone was authentic, it
>> is the farthest one ever found from Sudbury. The distance is about 268
>> miles as the impactite flies
>>
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Larry Atkins
>>
>> IMCA # 1941
>> Ebay alienrockfarm
>>
>>
>>
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