[meteorite-list] Friable meteorites

From: Jeff Kuyken <info_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 23:17:36 +1100
Message-ID: <004d01cc9246$ede14030$c9a3c090$_at_meteorites.com.au>

Or dare I say Nantan! Ok... so kind of a different thread but at least you
don't even need to touch that one! ;-)

"On a silent night you can hear the Nantans rust!"

Cheers,

Jeff


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[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Michael
Mulgrew
Sent: Monday, 24 October 2011 3:51 PM
To: pshugar at messengersfromthecosmos.com
Cc: The List
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Friable meteorites

Pete,

If you want to talk friable meteorites, take a look at Tagish Lake.
It is one of my most favorite meteorites, it is the least dense
meteorite known to man. Fascinating!

-Michael in so. Cal.

On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 9:06 PM, <pshugar at messengersfromthecosmos.com>
wrote:
>
> In a conversation with someone today, it was mentioned that
> Kilabo was extremely friable. Another really friable
> meteorite was Caracas, Peru.
> My question is how do they survive to the ground, to be found
> not as a dust, but in large pieces? How did they make a crator?
> Have the scientists figured out how the Caracas meteorite made
> such a large crator?
> Many questions and so little time to figure out what happened.
> Pete
>
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