[meteorite-list] Friable meteorites surviving in big pieces

From: Carl Agee <agee_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:22:07 -0600
Message-ID: <CADYrzho9TDsj3wPJhDjFwi-mZyG5QgJQ9Qi1i=uKY_9OA4mKaw_at_mail.gmail.com>

Perhaps not as friable as a Tagish Lake or some others, but it seems
miraculous that the 1-ton Norton County aubrite remained more or less
intact! This is largest achondrite mass in the world.

Carl Agee

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Received on Tue 25 Oct 2011 02:22:07 PM PDT