[meteorite-list] Impact material?

[Larry Nichols]

Hello everyone,

Thanks to all who replied. Sean, I haven't cut and polished any yet. Simon, I would be interested in letting you cut and polish a couple just to see whats inside. We could talk about it offlist if you're still interested. If we have a positive response from this, I will take you're advise Moni and send some to UTK and see what we have. Kevin, I'm sure we can work something out. Just let me know what youre interested in. BTW I'm located in southern Middle Tennessee, about halfway between Nashville and Huntsville Al. I added a few photos of some of the other mixed possible impact material to the album (possible impact material). Thanks everyone for your interest.

http://s27.photobucket.com/albums/c172/TennesseeTreasures/

Thanks again,
Best Regards,
Larry Nichols
Lynnville, Tennessee


--- On Sat, 6/28/08, kevin decker <innocentwolf15 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: kevin decker <innocentwolf15 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Impact material?
> To: nicholslarry at yahoo.com
> Date: Saturday, June 28, 2008, 10:07 AM
> Hi Larry,would you care to part with a couple?..I have a
> microscope and would like to veiw them under it.just where
> is Lynnville?I live in north GA,Rossville to be exact,these
> are the type of rocks I collect.I;ve found lumps like that
> around here...but mostly smaller in size,I was just given
> some rocks that came from S.C,and I beleive they are impact
> related.let me know if you care to sell a couple,I'm
> always looking for these kinds of things,Thanks,
> Kevin W.L.Decker
> 
> > Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:18:22 -0700> From:
> nicholslarry at yahoo.com> To:
> meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> Subject:
> [meteorite-list] Impact material?> > Hello
> Everyone,> > I'm looking for opinions and input
> on possible impact material or meteorwrongs I've
> collected from one specific location on my property here in
> Tennessee. They vary greatly in size from a few kgs to small
> metal and glassy (spherules?) To compare to meteorites, they
> resemble weathered irons. Some appear to be completely
> altered to hematite and/or magnetite. Some filed corners do
> have visible metal and attract a magnet. Most are
> aerodynamically shaped shields or nosecones, some with
> obvious flanges. Otherwise they could possibly be some type
> of splash form of impactite. Some do vary in texture as if
> mixed with target rock. If these are impact related, they
> are obviously from an ancient fall (find). Some are still
> surfacing, but I do get strong readings from my metal
> detector at some depth for iron and nickel in the same
> area. I haven't tried digging any of these targets yet.
> I thought I would get some opinions before proceeding. I
> would appreciate any> comments pro or con or whether
> it's worth digging those deeper targets. I have
> uploaded some photos to a photobucket album:> >
> http://s27.photobucket.com/albums/c172/TennesseeTreasures/>
> > Thanks for any input.> > Larry Nichols>
> Lynnville, Tennessee