[meteorite-list] Taza (was: Hammer hammers!)

From: Graham Ensor <graham.ensor_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:40:01 +0000
Message-ID: <CAJkn+kZsapdSaZt=yWfu2bPG-0Lr4gt6RRuhGN8yjqsy1Fxebg_at_mail.gmail.com>

Great to see the alamat stones....I had forgotten about that account
on Svend's site...wonderful story.

Here is a picture of one of the Eskimo lances using Cape York iron.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Meteorite_iron_harpoon.jpg

Graham

On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 2:17 AM, Matthias B?rmann <majbaermann at web.de> wrote:
>
> Dear Graham,
>
> of course the tools made of Cape York or Toluca iron are legendary - but
> I've never seen even a pic.
>
> There's a report of an ancient Mesopotamian iron meteorite which was used
> for making very small tools - I remember a photo, but I've to look for it
> (it's now in a British museum).
>
> Of course you know the famous dagger, discovered in Tut anch Amun's grave,
> made of meteoritical matter.
>
> I also remember the report of a friend who travelled through South Africa
> and Namibia and found some chariots with bolts and screws made of Gibeon
> iron.
>
> Well, and here some details regarding the 2 alamat stones in the Dhofar
> region:
>
> http://www.niger-meteorite-recon.de/en/meteorites_of_the_desert_5.htm
> and
> http://www.niger-meteorite-recon.de/en/meteorites_of_the_desert_6.htm
>
> They've been discovered on Svend's Dhofar expedition. The 3.2 kg stone is in
> my collection, the bigger one in Svend's.
>
> My very best,
> Matthias
>
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Graham Ensor" <graham.ensor at gmail.com>
> To: <Impactika at aol.com>
> Cc: <majbaermann at web.de>; <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de>;
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2011 2:38 AM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Taza (was: Hammer hammers!)
>
>
> Yes...I know of those but was interested in any ancient ones that were
> in any of the list members collections (what happened to the signpost
> meteorite)....anyone got an artefact made from the Cape York meteorite
> for example. More interested in historical ones.
>
> On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 1:12 AM, ?<Impactika at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>> Well, Graham,
>>
>> Now that you have the hammer, you should try to get the anvil.
>> If the Smithsonian will let you have the Tucson Ring! ;-)
>>
>> 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.
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>>
>>
>> In a message dated 11/23/2011 5:55:03 PM Mountain Standard Time,
>> graham.ensor at gmail.com writes:
>> Thanks Matthias,
>>
>> Would be interesting to see any other meteorites out there that are
>> also artefacts/used as tools etc.....anyone else got photos to share?
>>
>> Graham
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 12:37 AM, Matthias B?rmann <majbaermann at web.de>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Well, Graham, it's a breathtaking iron also without scalp ...
>>>
>>> Congratulations!
>>> Matthias
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Graham Ensor"
>>> <graham.ensor at gmail.com>
>>> To: "Bernd V. Pauli" <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de>
>>> Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>> Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2011 1:09 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Taza (was: Hammer hammers!)
>>>
>>>
>>>> Svend has had some of the most spectacular meteorites in his
>>>> collection as his website illustrates....
>>>>
>>>> It made my Ensisheim trip rather expensive that year but I was glad to
>>>> give it a good home.....would be great to find some way of testing
>>>> when it was actually used as a hammer....I think Sven suggested trying
>>>> to look for some organic matter trapped in the many layers of
>>>> overturned burrs formed on the tip that was the hammer head and have
>>>> that dated....but that would probably involve cutting into it and I
>>>> would never want to do that.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Graham
>>
>>
>>
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