[meteorite-list] Kalkaska info anyone?

From: Dave Freeman mjwy <dfreeman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Aug 23 11:18:56 2006
Message-ID: <44EBF0AC.7010300_at_fascination.com>

I have always prefered to think the West Branch would be easier to
locate more of, and there should be more laying around near someones
house. I have been to the area and think there is more there.
Best,
Dave F.

G. Nicula wrote:

>I wasn't aware of the abundance of information available online. Now that i've thoroughly read the responses, i think i'm all set. Thanks everyone for your feedback.
>
>George Nicula
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: McLean, Howard L
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> Subject: [meteorite-list] Kalkaska info anyone?
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>
> George
>
> Have a picture. Do you prefer a jpeg, pdf, or bitmap (all black and white). It is from Meteorites of Michigan Bulletin 5, dated 1968 (Michigan Geological Survey).
>
>
> Had no idea that Michigan State University has the main mass.
>
> 1. In case you do not have Grady's Catalog of Meteorites (2000), here is some info:
> Kalkaska 44?38'49" N, 85?8'12" W
> Kalkaska County, Michigan, USA
> Find 1947
> Iron. Valid(IIIAB) Medium octahedrite; bandwidth 1.0 mm
> Approx. recovered weight: 9.4 kg
> A mass of 20.72lb (9.4kg) was found, V.D. Chamberlain (1965; 1968). Analysis, 7.39 %Ni, 18.1 ppm.Ga, 33.5 ppm.Ge, 11 ppm.Ir, E.R.D. Scott et al. (1973). Description; shock-hardened, V.F. Buchwald (1975). Noble gas data compilation, L. Schultz & H. Kruse (1989); L. Schultz pers. commun. (1998).
> Distribution: Main mass, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing; 670g, U.S. Nat. Mus., Washington; 483g, Arizona State Univ., Tempe; 12g, Max-Planck-Inst., Mainz; 27g, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Chicago; 25g, Algonquin, DuPont Colln; 0.2g, Geol. Surv. Canada, Ottawa;
>
> 2. You might check out
> http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbullcheck.php
>
> 3. Again you might try
> http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php?code=12234
>
>
> 4. Or even
> Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 34, Moscow (1965)
> Find references in NASA ADS
>
>
> Have fun,
> Howard
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