[meteorite-list] KSU H4 Meteorite, Secretary Paper Weight

[michel CN]

Congrats Mark,

I think i'll have to open champagne again for this mew meteorite 
annoucement.

Best regards

Michel FRANCO
Inn Suite Room 222 ( first floor)
Tucson show

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "MARK BOSTICK" <thebigcollector at msn.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Cc: <jerry at kansasfire.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 3:27 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] KSU H4 Meteorite, Secretary Paper Weight


> Hello everyone,
>
> Looks like I get to annouce another previously undescribed US meteorite. 
> Following the tradition of the Layfette University and the Kansas 
> University meteorite.  Where an unknown meteorite found in the college was 
> named after it, we have given this meteorite the provision name of Kansas 
> State University.
>
> This meteorite was found in the collection of NASA scientist Elbert King 
> at the time of his death. Labeled as "UNDOCUMENTED" and side noted, " #2" 
> in King's personal catalog, the meteorite was unclassified. The single 
> stone, 301 grams, was first recognized as a meteorite by KSU geologist 
> Doug Brookins on the desk of a university secretary where it was being 
> used a paper weight. Elbert King acquired the meteorite from Brookins.
>
> In October 2004, 26 grams of the meteorite was sent to UCLA were it was 
> classified by A. Rubin. The meteorite is a stone chondrite H4, W3, S1. Fa 
> 18.8 +/- 0.2. This meteorite, currently part of the Kansas Meteorite 
> Society collection, is co-owned by two of its members.
>
> Photographs of this meteorite can be found on the following website. 
> Currently, we are not willing to cut anything from the meteorite for 
> resale, sorry.
>
> http://www.meteoritearticles.com/colksu.html
>
> I will be flying to Tucson in the morning, Simone will be here, but I will 
> be unable or slowed in answering e-mails.
>
> Clear Skies,
> Wichita, Kansas
> Mark Bostick
> www.kansasmeteoritesociety.com
> www.meteoritearticles.com
> www.imca.cc
>
>
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