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

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <*meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com*> Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 15:59:05 -0500 Message-ID: <CAKBPJW8Ct_2rzeK9FFjHbU36sepLCgLQv-6JahbO9_U2CcEVEg_at_mail.gmail.com> · meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com

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On 1/28/15, Carl Agee via Meteorite-list
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
> 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
>>> Email: agee at unm.edu
>>> http://meteorite.unm.edu/people/carl_agee/
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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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