[meteorite-list] Shattercone?

From: Roman Jirasek <romanj_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2011 16:11:02 -0500
Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP74DA45CA1028460E57C7BFA40C0_at_phx.gbl>

The light grey colour reminds me of my shattercones from the
Wanapitei crater near Sudbury. Nice find.

Cheers,

Roman Jirasek
www.meteoritelabels.com


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From: "Dan Wray" <daniel_wray at comcast.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2011 1:31 PM
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; "Larry Atkins"
<thetoprok at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Shattercone?

> Hi Larry,
>
> This looks pretty good to me. While is is always hard to judge by photos
> it looks consistant with Sudburry. I have collected shatter cones in New
> Mexico at the Sante Fe site and have a number of others including Sudbury
> in my collection.
>
> Dan Wray
> COMETS
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Larry Atkins" <thetoprok at aol.com>
> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2011 10:18 AM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Shattercone?
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello List,
>>
>> I found this interesting rock close to my home in Lapeer County Michigan
>> while walking in the woods this past September. It looks like a shatter
>> cone to me but I've really no experience with them. One peculiar
>> characteristic of the rock is that it's not smooth. All the rocks here
>> have been smoothed and rounded during their glacial transport. I wonder
>> if it's from Sudbury and was relatively close to home so it didn't have
>> to travel very far and didn't erode too bad?
>> I did a few internet searches and didn't find any reference to impact
>> debris being found in this area.
>>
>> Any shattercone/impact experts out there?
>> Comments and thoughts appreciated.
>>
>> http://s934.photobucket.com/albums/ad190/alienrockfarm/
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Larry Atkins
>> IMCA # 1941
>> Ebay username alienrockfarm
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