[meteorite-list] Vermillion (was Helt Township???)

[moni waiblinger-seabridge]

Hi List,

According to the same Catalogue that Sterling quoted, "Marv Kilgore has the 
main mass of the Vermillion (Kansas) pyroxene pallasite".  But what I find 
to be courious, is that there are larger masses in other collections.

And according to Dave Wier,  "Vermillion may be more confidently considered 
to be genetically related to members of the low-Au division of the IAB 
iron-meteorite complex".

In any case, the name "Vermillion" is now taken.  So even if the "Indiana 
Iron" were recovered, it would have to get a different name.

Sternengruss, Moni

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[meteorite-list] Helt Township???
Sterling K. Webb kelly at bhil.com
Thu Sep 23 23:40:46 EDT 2004
Hi,
    The Catalogue of Meteorites lists only three irons for Indiana:
KOKOMO  1862 Find  IVB Ataxite
LA PORTE 1900 Find IIIAB
PLYMOUTH 1893 Find IIIAB
and nothing for VERMILLION
    Gee, anybody got any HANGMAN'S CROSSING?
    What a great name...
Sterling Webb
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Dave Schultz wrote:
>   Greetings. While checking out different web sites on Indiana meteorites, 
>I came across the Indiana University, Indiana Geological Survey website, 
>and they state that an Iron meteorite fell in Vermillion, Indiana around 
>1883-84, which would make that 13 Indiana meteorites. I have never heard of 
>this meteorite and only thought that there was 12 meteorites that fell or 
>where found in Indiana. Any other info would be greatly appreciated! Thanks 
>in advance.                                          Dave

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