[meteorite-list] New Kansas Meteorite!

[JKGwilliam]

With one of the Shaw brothers involved in this recovery, there is most 
certainly a good story to go along with the find.  Jerry?  Mark?  Do you 
guys have anything more to tell?

John

At 02:15 PM 12/1/2006, Mike Miller wrote:

>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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