[meteorite-list] Question about oriented meteorites

[j.divelbiss at att.net]

Jason,

We met last year in Tucson. It was Sunday morning over at the Meteorite Man's room...the day you and your partner loaded that big chondrite into a small car going west.  Did Rob ever give that thing up?Anyway...

Advice:  Enjoy being the Kid...it goes fast.

John




-------------- Original message from Jason Utas <meteoritekid at gmail.com>: -------------- 


> Hello Rob and All, 
> In Response to this: 
> 
> >> "The object weighing 47.015 kg with a 4.75 specific gravity was 
> >> fallen..." 
> ... 
> > it could still be another type of meteorite (meso or pallasite?) 
> >Rob [Matson] 
> 
> A mesosiderite or pallasite seems pretty improbable -- if the density 
> of iron is 7.874g/cm^3, 
> then either this meteorite has verrry little iron in it and is a stony 
> or it's made of half iron and half air (or some other nearly 
> weightless substance [yeah right]). 
> 
> The Kid 
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