[meteorite-list] Meteorite found in Xinjiang

From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 07:14:32 -0700 (PDT)
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It looks like the Fukang main mass has just been found! 25 tons of Pallasite!
It will probably be chopped into little pieces, exported as iron ore to get
around Chinese law and put on the market soon judging from how they have managed
their resources in the past. Now, they will have real meteorite specimens to
offer instead of magnetite. It will be interesting to see how they deal with it
and its final disposition. In my opinion, it belongs in a museum but their
new-found love for capitalism will probably dictate otherwise.


Adam
Received on Tue 19 Jul 2011 10:14:32 AM PDT