[meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

[MeteorHntr at aol.com]

After being bit by too many of those Texas Fire  Ants, I was hoping to find 
at least one squished ant on the bottom of one of my  finds, but alas, I never 
found the elusive "Ant Hammer Stone."  

Steve



In a message dated 3/18/2009 2:04:39 P.M. Central  Daylight Time, 
jgrossman at usgs.gov writes:
I'm going to further stir this  up.  In addition to my last comment, that 
"hammer" should only refer to  the offending stone that did damage, I 
think there has to be a certain fame  or notoriety associated with the 
impact for it to be noteworthy enough for a  special name like this.  
Certainly, the larger Sylacauga stone is  worthy of the term. Peekskill, 
for the image of the mashed car that appeared  everywhere.  Benld is a 
great one, for those of you who remember the  FMNH exhibit. If one of the 
Nakhla stones really got a dog or Valera got a  cow, which everybody has 
heard about, then sure, these are hammers.   But a piddly piece of some 
shower that dings a shingle on a roof?  No  way.  It's still a subjective 
term, but let's give it some  force.

jeff  

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