[meteorite-list] Kalkaska info anyone?
G. Nicula
treasurehunter at chartermi.net
Mon Aug 21 08:37:20 EDT 2006
I wasn't aware of the abundance of information available online. Now that i've thoroughly read the responses, i think i'm all set. Thanks everyone for your feedback.
George Nicula
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From: McLean, Howard L
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Subject: [meteorite-list] Kalkaska info anyone?
George
Have a picture. Do you prefer a jpeg, pdf, or bitmap (all black and white). It is from Meteorites of Michigan Bulletin 5, dated 1968 (Michigan Geological Survey).
Had no idea that Michigan State University has the main mass.
1. In case you do not have Grady's Catalog of Meteorites (2000), here is some info:
Kalkaska 44°38'49" N, 85°8'12" W
Kalkaska County, Michigan, USA
Find 1947
Iron. Valid(IIIAB) Medium octahedrite; bandwidth 1.0 mm
Approx. recovered weight: 9.4 kg
A mass of 20.72lb (9.4kg) was found, V.D. Chamberlain (1965; 1968). Analysis, 7.39 %Ni, 18.1 ppm.Ga, 33.5 ppm.Ge, 11 ppm.Ir, E.R.D. Scott et al. (1973). Description; shock-hardened, V.F. Buchwald (1975). Noble gas data compilation, L. Schultz & H. Kruse (1989); L. Schultz pers. commun. (1998).
Distribution: Main mass, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing; 670g, U.S. Nat. Mus., Washington; 483g, Arizona State Univ., Tempe; 12g, Max-Planck-Inst., Mainz; 27g, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Chicago; 25g, Algonquin, DuPont Colln; 0.2g, Geol. Surv. Canada, Ottawa;
2. You might check out
http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbullcheck.php
3. Again you might try
http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php?code=12234
4. Or even
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 34, Moscow (1965)
Find references in NASA ADS
Have fun,
Howard
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