[meteorite-list] The EL3/Aubrite/whatever - Why FOSSIL?

[Norbert Classen]

Hi All,

Here's an interesting link to a scientific draft about "fossil meteorites":

http://epsc.wustl.edu/~visscher/research/fossil_files/frame.htm 

(It works best for IE, and doesn't display correctly in Firefox, for some
obscure reasons.)

The author tries to come up with a definition for "fossil meteorite",
following the suggestions of Schmitz B. and Tassarini M. (2001) "Fossil
Meteorites" in "Accretion of Extraterrestrial Matter Throughout Earth's
History". Kluwer Academic, New York, 319-331.

"What is a fossil meteorite?
- Meteorite with ancient terrestrial age
- Buried in sediment after fall event
- Incorporated into geologic record"

At least the second point seems to be true for the meteorite in question as
I have seen fragments imbedded into sediment... It will be interesting to
see what terrestrial age will be determined for this material, in the end.

All the best,
Norbert Classen