[meteorite-list] Bizarre Fall Date in Met Bulletin

[Michael Gilmer]

Hi Peter,

So I take it the -300 means 300BC?

I wonder why they just didn't put that in the bulletin?  I figured
that's what it meant, but I wasn't 100% sure.

Thanks and clear skies,

MikeG


.........................................................
Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA)
Member of the Meteoritical Society.
Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network.
Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and http://www.glassthrower.com
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--- On Sat, 1/17/09, Peter Scherff <peterscherff at rcn.com> wrote:


> From: Peter Scherff <peterscherff at rcn.com>

> Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Bizarre Fall Date in Met Bulletin

> To: michael_w_gilmer at yahoo.com

> Date: Saturday, January 17, 2009, 10:29 PM

> Hi,

> 

> 	According to what I have read the date is correct.

> "22 rounded

> bead-like objects of strongly oxidized meteoritic iron were

> found in an

> Indian burial mound. The material was worked by Indians of

> the Hopewellian

> culture into a number of ornamental beads, R.M.Grogan,

> American Antiquity,

> 1948, 13, p.302"

> 

> Thanks,

> 

> Peter

> 

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

> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com

> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On

> Behalf Of Michael

> Gilmer

> Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 11:18 PM

> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com

> Subject: [meteorite-list] Bizarre Fall Date in Met Bulletin

> 

> According to the online Met Bulletin, Havana Illinois

> (Iron, IAB complex),

> was found in the year "-300".

> 

> I am currently researching falls in Illinois and Florida,

> and I ran

> across this goofy typographical error.  Or is there some

> other reason

> for this oddball date?

> 

> http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php?code=11857

> 

> Regards and clear skies,

> 

> MikeG

> 

> 

> .........................................................

> Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA)

> Member of the Meteoritical Society.

> Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network.

> Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and

> http://www.glassthrower.com

> ..........................................................

> 

> 

> 

> 

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