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Re: Meteorites in fossil beds
Hi Randy,
I hope someone more learned than I will jump in on this for all I have to offer
is conjecture. It seems to me that any detectable orientation would be long
gone, the fusion crust would have deteriorated, and the mass itself would have
undergone some degree of metamorphosis/terrestrialization. Irons would have
rusted, but I would guess that nickel content would still be high enough to
produce a signal.
Just guessing,
Don
Randy Duncan wrote:
> Thanks Don,
> Do you think that only the fusion crust would be left? Would the nickel
> make it also? There are small areas that are stained by iron
> (rust)with some small grains of rock in them. I used a metal detector
> and didn't get one signal. We did find some sharks teeth.
> Randy
>
> >From: "Donald O'Keeffe" <donald.okeeffe@signalhill.net>
> >To: Randy Duncan <broker3@hotmail.com>
> >CC: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
> >Subject: Re: Meteorites in fossil beds
> >Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 10:37:38 -0600
>
> >Hello Randy,
> >
> >From what I understand the answer is yes.
> >
> >In "Find a Falling Star", Nininger relates an anecdote about Dr. Sternberg
> >of
> >Fort Hays who had been a fossil hunter for thirty years. He had never found
> >a
> >meteorite, but not long after being coached by Nininger, as to how to
> >recognize
> >them, he found two.
> >
> >They've been terrestrialized. I quote: "From observations of those that are
> >known to have lain in the soil a mere twenty to fifty years we may surmise
> >that
> >a 60-million-year-old specimen might appear as a rather ordinary
> >concretion, if
> >indeed it was distinguishable at all from its surroundings."
> >
> >Don
> >
> >Randy Duncan wrote:
> >
> > > Are meteorites found in fossil beds? Tomorrow we are going to a place
> >that
> > > has a six foot layer of sediment. Whale bones, seal bones & sharks teeth
> >are
> > > the most common finds. We have found a few small rocks in the past.
> >After
> > > reading about meteorites found in dry lake beds. I was wondering if they
> > > could be found here also?
> > > Sincerely,
> > > Randy Duncan
>
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