[meteorite-list] Kalkaska info anyone?

[Dave Freeman mjwy]

I have always prefered to think the West Branch would be easier to 
locate more of, and there should be more laying around near someones 
house.   I have been to the area and think there is more there.
Best,
Dave F.

G. Nicula wrote:

>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
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: McLean, Howard L 
>  To: treasurehunter at chartermi.net 
>  Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com 
>  Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 11:43 PM
>  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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