[meteorite-list] Possible Meteorwrong

Frank Cressy fcressy at prodigy.net
Sat Mar 16 13:33:24 EDT 2013


Hi Phil,

Harrison County was a shower and only 4 stones were recovered totaling 680 
grams..  Residents in the area heard many stones hitting the ground and crashing 
through trees.  No doubt that many others stones fell and were never recovered.  
I would guess that stones are still intact as many Pultusk H5 stones are being 
recovered in Poland from that 1868 fall.

Cheers,

Frank



----- Original Message ----
From: Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum <dorifry at embarqmail.com>
To: meteorite list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sat, March 16, 2013 9:38:22 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Possible Meteorwrong

I was sent these pictures of a possible meteorite find in southern Indiana.It's 
hard to tell from the blurry pictures, but it looks like iron oxide. A geologist 
told them it was a meteorite because it attracts a magnet and has chondrule like 
formations. I was told it had flakes of metal but I couldn't see them in the 
photos.

Any ideas?

There's another guy in southern Indiana who believes he found another piece of 
Harrison County, an L6 that fell in 1859. Wouldn't that be pretty much eroded 
away by now, even if it was shocked like NWA 869?

Phil Whitmer
Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum


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