[meteorite-list] New Kansas Meteorite!

[Mike Miller]

WOW! That is a reall y nice and fresh meteorite! Congratulations! What
are the circumstances of the find?

On 12/1/06, MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector at msn.com> wrote:

> Fellow Kansas Meteorite Society founder Jerry Calvert is having a problem

> posting on the list, below is an e-mail from him on our newest Kansas

> meteorite,  It is super fresh.

>

> Mark

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Jerry Calvert

> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 12:39 PM

> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com

> Subject: New Kansas Meteorite!

> Hi list,

> I am pleased to announce a new meteorite recovered on May 11, 2006 from

> Republic County near the town of Kackley, KS.

> A fully crusted single stone weighing 1.368 kg was found adjacent to a

> cultivated field. The specimen was classified by

> Paul Sipiera at the Planetary Studies Foundation in Galena, Illionois.

> Additional material will be sent to the University of Washington

> for further study. The specimen has been classified as an H4 chondrite, Fa

> 18.56, Fs 17.7. Below is a link to several photos compliments

> of Mark Bostick and myself, larger res. photos available on request. The

> main mass will remain with the Kansas Meteorite Society Collection in

> Wichita, Kansas. The data

> is being submitted to the nomenclature committee by Paul Sipiera with a

> proposed name of "Kackley".

>

> http://www.kansasmeteorites.com/Klackley.html

>

> Best Regards,

> Jerry Calvert

> Kansas Meteorite Society

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