[meteorite-list] Copper meteor-wrong...was RSPD - July 7, 2008

From: Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 18:11:26 -0500
Message-ID: <08be01c8e14f$f2fd9470$2346e146_at_ATARIENGINE>

Hi, E, and List

>From ARN:
http://www.meteorites4sale.net/MET_E.HTM

Eaton.......................................40'31' N., 104'41' W.
Weld County, Colorado, U.S.A.
Fell 1931, May 10, 1715 hrs
Pseudometeorite..
A copper nugget weighing 29.457g is reported to have been
observed to fall. This copper "meteorite" is discredited, It contains
33% Zn, small Pb inclusions and less than 0.1% Ni. It is similar to
yellow brass, and distinct from native terrestrial copper and meteoritic
copper, the latter having 0.4% to 2.4% Ni.

Sounds like a bushing to me...


Sterling K. Webb
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mr EMan" <mstreman53 at yahoo.com>
To: <SPACEROCKSINC at aol.com>; "Michael Murray" <mmurray at montrose.net>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 5:34 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Copper meteor-wrong...was RSPD - July 7, 2008


I believe in case of a psuedo meteorite "fall" of what appeared to be pure
copper, was actually matched in some manner to a copper engine bushing off a
Ford Tri-motor.

Elton


--- On Mon, 7/7/08, Michael Murray <mmurray at montrose.net> wrote:

"The only known copper meteorite in the world."
> Which is that?
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