[meteorite-list] Pena Blanca Spring -Hammerstone?

From: Michael Mulgrew <mikestang_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:15:54 -0800
Message-ID: <CAMseTy0uPntKw6DOey5Hy12dwPTj9Qqz_MsYOhHLkc2-KT9tPA_at_mail.gmail.com>

Would a meteorite that landed on a paved road be considered a hammer
stone? Paved roads are 100% man-made, yet?I know of several falls
that have been recovered from roads or parking lots and are not
referred to as hammer.

Michael in so. Cal.


On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Craig Moody
<meteoritesnorth at hotmail.ca> wrote:
>
> Hello Anne, Michael and List.
>
> I would have to agree with Anne, in that if it struck the water, and sank to the bottom, then it would not be considered a hammer, however, I assume that if it hit the side of the pool and left physical evidence of that fact, then it would be a hammer. ?This also leads me to ask...does a meteorite have to damage something for it to be a hammer? ?What if they were pea sized individuals (Holbrook) that hit, but left no damage. ?Would they be considered hammer stones?
>
> Regards,
> Craig Moody
>
>
> ----------------------------------------
> > From: Impactika at aol.com
> > Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:01:57 -0500
> > To: mlblood at cox.net; joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Pena Blanca Spring -Hammerstone?
> >
> > I am sorry Michael,
> >
> > But how could Pena Blanca be called a hammer??????
> > It struck WATER!!
> >
> > Anne M. Black
> > _http://www.impactika.com/_ (http://www.impactika.com/)
> > _IMPACTIKA at aol.com_ (mailto:IMPACTIKA at aol.com)
> > Vice-President, I.M.C.A. Inc.
> > _http://www.imca.cc/_ (http://www.imca.cc/)
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 11/22/2011 12:52:45 PM Mountain Standard Time,
> > mlblood at cox.net writes:
> > Hi Phil & All,
> >
> > Phil's "Subject" box describes Blanca Spring as a "Near-Hammer,"
> > But I had always heard it fell in a small pond people used as a swimming
> > Hole, NOT in a man-made pool resulting from a dam for the express
> > Purpose of creating such a swimming pool.
> >
> > I have swum in such a pool many times at the base of Mt. Lemon
> > on property bordering the Sugaro National Forest Park (Not certain of
> > the exact name of that park) in the Tucson area. My best friend lived
> > On the property and there was clearly a constructed dam to hold water
> > For swimming, but low enough to allow the water to continue to flow
> > Beyond that by spilling over the dam during the monsoon season.
> >
> > To my way of thinking a constructed swimming pool is a constructed
> > swimming pool regardless of the complexity of construction... A swimming
> > pool (that results from construction) is quite different than earlier
> > reports I had heard of merely a naturally occurring "swimming hole"
> > where a pond lay on someone's property. Therefore, Pena Blanc Spring IS
> > a hammer, having struck a man-made object (a man made swimming pool).
> >
> > Michael
> >
> >
> > On 11/21/11 1:22 PM, "JoshuaTreeMuseum" <joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Here's an interesting account of what could have been a multiple death
> > > hammerstone incident:
> > >
> > http://www.minsocam.org/ammin/AM32/AM32_354.pdf
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Phil Whitmer
> >
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