[meteorite-list] Bizarre Fall Date in Met Bulletin

[Michael Gilmer]

Hi Peter,

So I take it the -300 means 300BC?

I wonder why they just didn't put that in the bulletin?  I figured
that's what it meant, but I wasn't 100% sure.

Thanks and clear skies,

MikeG


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Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA)
Member of the Meteoritical Society.
Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network.
Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and http://www.glassthrower.com
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--- On Sat, 1/17/09, Peter Scherff <peterscherff at rcn.com> wrote:

> From: Peter Scherff <peterscherff at rcn.com>
> Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Bizarre Fall Date in Met Bulletin
> To: michael_w_gilmer at yahoo.com
> Date: Saturday, January 17, 2009, 10:29 PM
> Hi,
> 
> 	According to what I have read the date is correct.
> "22 rounded
> bead-like objects of strongly oxidized meteoritic iron were
> found in an
> Indian burial mound. The material was worked by Indians of
> the Hopewellian
> culture into a number of ornamental beads, R.M.Grogan,
> American Antiquity,
> 1948, 13, p.302"
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Peter
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On
> Behalf Of Michael
> Gilmer
> Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 11:18 PM
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Bizarre Fall Date in Met Bulletin
> 
> According to the online Met Bulletin, Havana Illinois
> (Iron, IAB complex),
> was found in the year "-300".
> 
> I am currently researching falls in Illinois and Florida,
> and I ran
> across this goofy typographical error.  Or is there some
> other reason
> for this oddball date?
> 
> http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php?code=11857
> 
> Regards and clear skies,
> 
> MikeG
> 
> 
> .........................................................
> Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA)
> Member of the Meteoritical Society.
> Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network.
> Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and
> http://www.glassthrower.com
> ..........................................................
> 
> 
> 
> 
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