[meteorite-list] Middle school students lobbying Kansas lawmakers to declare official state rock

From: Carl Agee <agee_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 13:52:19 -0700
Message-ID: <CADYrzhrE96Rz+0RDMtbKBLna09v7y8JqiPwZbF3nE-++h6gbeQ_at_mail.gmail.com>

True, there are more Lone Star meteorites total than any other state,
but we were ranking by density of meteorites, and Texas' meteorite
density is a paltry 0.00113 per square mile.

Carl
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On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 1:27 PM, Shawn Alan
<shawnalan at meteoritefalls.com> wrote:
> Hello Listers
>
> Have you heard of the saying "Don't mess with Texas"
>
> 305 records found for valid meteorites from United States with places
> that are exactly "Texas"
>
> And these meteorite finds/Falls come from different localities
>
> Shawn Alan
> IMCA 1633
> ebay store http://www.ebay.com/sch/imca1633ny/m.html
> Website http://meteoritefalls.com
>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Middle school students lobbying Kansas
>> lawmakers to declare official state rock
>> From: Carl Agee <agee at unm.edu>
>> Date: Wed, January 28, 2015 2:55 pm
>> To: Shawn Alan <shawnalan at meteoritefalls.com>
>> Cc: Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com>, Mendy Ouzillou
>> <mendy.ouzillou at gmail.com>, Meteorite Central
>> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>
>>
>> I count 225 New Mexico meteorites in the MetBull. That is 0.00185
>> meteorites per square mile.
>>
>> If Kansas has 143 meteorites, then that is 0.00174 meteorites per square mile.
>>
>> I think that puts the Land of Enchantment as the #1 meteorite state :) :)
>>
>>
>> *************************************
>> Carl B. Agee
>> Director and Curator, Institute of Meteoritics
>> Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences
>> MSC03 2050
>> University of New Mexico
>> Albuquerque NM 87131-1126
>>
>> Tel: (505) 750-7172
>> Fax: (505) 277-3577
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>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 12:20 PM, Shawn Alan via Meteorite-list
>> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
>> > Hello Listers
>> >
>> > I agree Brenham is be the best suited state meteorite Michael.
>> > If NY was doing this, it would have to be Peekskill to be the state
>> > rock.
>> >
>> > Mendy I think the teacher was going off the info from Meteoritical
>> > Bulletin Database
>> >
>> > Here are the results I gathered from there.
>> >
>> > 116 records found for valid meteorites from United States with places
>> > that are exactly "Nevada"
>> >
>> > 130 records found for valid meteorites from United States with places
>> > that are exactly "Arizona"
>> >
>> > 143 records found for valid meteorites from United States with places
>> > that are exactly "Kansas"
>> >
>> >
>> > Shawn Alan
>> > IMCA 1633
>> > ebay store http://www.ebay.com/sch/imca1633ny/m.html
>> > Website http://meteoritefalls.com
>> >
>> >> -------- Original Message --------
>> >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Middle school students lobbying Kansas
>> >> lawmakers to declare official state rock
>> >> From: Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com>
>> >> Date: Wed, January 28, 2015 11:37 am
>> >> To: Mendy Ouzillou <mendy.ouzillou at gmail.com>
>> >> Cc: Shawn Alan <shawnalan at meteoritefalls.com>, Meteorite Central
>> >> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Why would Cabin Creek be a better choice? It is from Arkansas.
>> >> Brenham, definitely
>> >>
>> >> Michael Farmer
>> >>
>> >> > On Jan 28, 2015, at 9:02 AM, Mendy Ouzillou via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > I'm just probably a "meanie", but I think this effort is misguided
>> >> > though certainly better than making the state rock "limestone". The
>> >> > children calculated that somehow, Kansas has more meteorites per
>> >> > square mile (not sure if finds, falls, or hits) than anywhere else in
>> >> > the US (if finds then sorry Arizona and Nevada). I am happy to see
>> >> > that calculations were done though disappointed that their teacher did
>> >> > not better guide their efforts. Finally, the picture in the article is
>> >> > clearly of a beautiful Sikhote Alin. I wonder how well that will go
>> >> > over with the state legislators. Maybe Cabin Creek would have been a
>> >> > better choice. :-)
>> >> >
>> >> > Mendy
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 1:38 AM, Shawn Alan via Meteorite-list
>> >> > <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
>> >> >> Hello Listers
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I hope it passes be cool for Kansas have a meteorite for a state rock :)
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Shawn Alan
>> >> >> IMCA 1633
>> >> >> ebay store http://www.ebay.com/sch/imca1633ny/m.html
>> >> >> Website http://meteoritefalls.com
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> SHAWNEE, Kan. ? A group of local middle school students are lobbying
>> >> >> to change state history. The students with Monticello Trails Middle
>> >> >> School, which is part of the De Soto School District, are headed to
>> >> >> Topeka to argue for an official state rock.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Chris Sprenger, an 8th grade student at the school, is determined to
>> >> >> make the meteorite the official Kansas state rock.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> ?The meteorite really has a connection with Kansas that it really
>> >> >> doesn?t have with any of the other states in the U.S.,? Sprenger
>> >> >> said.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Sprenger and more than 100 other students in the district pitched the
>> >> >> bill to Representative Brett Hildabrand.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Lobbying for a state rock has challenged the students across the board.
>> >> >> In social studies they?ve learned how bills are passed, in science
>> >> >> they?ve learned about geology and rocks and in communication arts
>> >> >> they?ve spent hours working on their proposal essays.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> source:http://fox4kc.com/2015/01/27/middle-school-students-lobbying-kansas-lawmakers-to-declare-official-state-rock/
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