Fw: Re: [meteorite-list] Shield-shaped meteorites

From: bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Nov 27 10:40:36 2005
Message-ID: <DIIE.000000210000402D_at_paulinet.de>

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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Shield-shaped meteorites (27-Nov-2005 15:48)
From: edward_f_moore_at_yahoo.com
To: bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de (and 2 other)


Below is a link to see a picture of Cabin Creek, click on link below, select Mineralogy-Petrography then when at that page click on the picture third from right bottom row. Most of my posts never seem to make the list so someone might want to forward this email. Thanks.
Ed

http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/d/engvorschau.html

Michael Farmer <meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net> wrote:
Cabin Creek is without a doubt, the most aesthetically beautiful symmetrical
meteorite out there. It is worth the trip to Vienna just to see that
meteorite, the rest are icing on the cake.
I viewed it with awe in the Vienna Collection.
Mike Farmer
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Shield-shaped meteorites


> Hello Berndt and list,
>
> Those list members who are interested in this topic and have not seen the
> 47.4 kg Cabin Creek, Arkansas iron meteorite in the Vienna Museum of
> Natural History should check it out at the museum's web site. It does not
> compare in size to the amazing Sikhote-Alin mass but its beauty and
> symmetry are remarkable. For those who own Dr. Norton's Cambridge
> Encyclopedia of Meteorites there are beautiful frontal and oblique
> photographs of this meteorite on page 53. This is one I would definitely
> love to see in person one day.
>
> Best wishes,
> Jim Baxter
>> Peter Sch. wrote:
>>
>>> I am studying shield shaped iron meteorites. I was wondering
>>> what meteorite my fellow list members think is the best shield?
>>
>> One of the best if not the very best of the shield-shaped meteorites is
>> the 1745 kg Sikhote-Alin mass. According to Buchwald, it measures about
>> 1.2 x 1.0 x 0.5 m and is beautifully regmaglypted. Some regmaglypts or
>> thumbprints are 4-8 cm in diameter and radiate away from the apex of the
>> shield-shaped cone. Along the edges, these thumbprints form conspicuous
>> elongated grooves parallel to the direction of flight of the shield
>> through the atmosphere. There is also a fissure, 20-40 cm deep, that
>> extends from the apex and almost divides the mass into two halves.
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Good night,
>>
>> Bernd
>>
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