[meteorite-list] Possible Meteorite Value if used as Tools

[Piper R.W. Hollier]

Hi Greg, Richard, Greg, GeoZay, Darryl, Tom, Eric, Steve, Mike, and list,

The listing in the NHM Catalogue of Meteorites for Rodeo (Durango, 
Mexico) states: A mass of 97lb (44kg) was found about 7 miles NW of 
Rodeo and was used as an anvil for many years.

The text of an article by O.C. Farrington about the the Rodeo 
meteorite can be found here:

http://www.archive.org/stream/rodeometeorite31farr/rodeometeorite31farr_djvu.txt

Google Books (books.google.com) has scanned pages from Vagn 
Buchwald's "Iron and Steel in Ancient Times," which describes in some 
detail how fragments of Coahuila, Toluca, Cape York, and other irons 
have been used as tools of various kinds. There's an interesting 
passage there about how the Inuit crafted nut-sized fragments of Cape 
York iron into useful items, using the largest masses as anvils and 
bringing in basaltic hammer stones from a location 50 km distant.

Best wishes to all,

Piper