[meteorite-list] Which came first the chicken or the egg?

[Randy Korotev]

I've asked Robert Haag when Calcalong Creek was found, and he said 
"no idea amigo."

The actual find dates for the three Yamato 79xxxx stones are listed here
http://meteorites.wustl.edu/lunar/moon_meteorites_list_alpha.htm
I dug those out of the Japanese literature.

Randy Korotev



At 01:26 PM 2011-04-27 Wednesday, you wrote:
>Jeff, Al, Martin and Listers,
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>After reading the posts I have a better idea how I am going to 
>approach the Calcalong Creek and ALHA81005 meteorites and stay true 
>to science and culture that these meteorites hold. I do believe the 
>stories that follows these meteorites are great and right in their 
>own. And I am also intrigued by the EETA79001 meteorite that Jeff 
>had suggested about Mars meteorites. Al, being there when Robert 
>unveiled the Calcalong Creek has to be an all time high to see and 
>hold that meteorite. Now lets go out and find the first American 
>Lunar meteorite guys.
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>Rock on
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>Shawn Alan
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>Let's make no mistake about the importance of ALHA81005: this was the
>stone that led to the discovery that rocks from the Moon were present in
>the meteorite record on Earth.
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>Likewise, EETA79001 was the stone that provided the first convincing
>evidence that Mars rocks were present on Earth. Until that time,
>Chassigny and Nakhla were just different kinds of achondrites.
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>These meteorites are the ones that belong in the science hall of fame.
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>Jeff
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>On 4/27/2011 1:10 AM, Shawn Alan wrote:
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> > Why I asked this question was because a couple weeks ago I sent 
> out some emails on a project I am working on and someone had 
> suggested that I should have ALHA81005 with the project I am doing 
> because it was the first Lunar meteorite found. Thats some big new 
> for the meteorite/science world. I got to looking around and saw 
> that the date was 1981 or 1982 when the lunar was discovered and I 
> had also noticed on the Meteoritical Bulletin Database that 
> Calcalong Creek was discovered 1960. I had also read other sources 
> that stated that the Calcalong Creek was found after 1960 but 
> before 1990 by an Aborigine meteorite hunter in the Millbillillie 
> strewnfield. Science likes to be 100% right so to say that the 
> ALHA81005 was the first discovered lunar meteorite has some doubt 
> in my mind because of the project I am doing. Yes I can agree that 
> the ALHA81005 is the first classified meteorite, however to say 
> that it was the first lunar to be found has some little
>  doubts
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> > because of what had be going on in Austrial from 1960 to 1990 
> with the collecting of the Millbillillie meteorites. I would like 
> to see or hear what Robert Haag can recall from that day when he 
> found that specail meteorite. Hes the first source and could help 
> enlighten what he can recall from the day he found the first lunar 
> meteorite out side of Anartica and could also be the first found 
> lunar as well. Hope he reads this and can put some light on to this 
> fasinating discovery.
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