[meteorite-list] POP QUIZ answer

From: Richard Montgomery <rickmont_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 1 May 2011 17:03:05 -0700
Message-ID: <F7BF81FB854642888BEFAC88EFBDE1BE_at_bosoheadPC>

Shawn, a continued thanks and congratulations for your constant outreach
opportunities to put another bit of knowledge on the shelf. Purdy durn
cool!

Richard Montgomery



----- Original Message -----
From: "Shawn Alan" <photophlow at yahoo.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2011 10:46 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] POP QUIZ answer


Hello Listers,

Thank you everyone that sent in your answers for the POP QUIZ FRIDAYS
posting.

Question

Please tell me which meteorite fall was one of the first falls to be
recognized by scientists as a rock from space.


Answer

Chassigny is a fall from 1815 in France and as such was one of the first
meteorite falls to be recognized by scientists as a rock from space. It is
curated by the Paris Museum. Chassigny is the only martian meteorite which
is a dunite, or olivine cumulate. It consists mostly of Fe-rich olivine with
minor clinopyroxene, feldspar, oxides, sulfides, and phosphates. It contains
oxidized iron in its chromite and rare amphiboles in melt inclusions. It
contains trace amounts of carbonate and sulfate salts in cracks inside the
sample.

http://curator.jsc.nasa.gov/antmet/marsmets/chassigny/sample.cfm


I can say this the LAigle meteorite helped the notion of the idea that
meteorites fall from the sky but LAigle from a scientific value and history
value wasn't stated to be from space. I have done some looking around and
from what I can find Chassigny meteorite is one of the first meteorite falls
to be recognized by scientists to be from outer space and it comes from
NASA's website. I will looking into this further and see if they can direct
me into the right direction where I can find the direct source/sources that
state this.


The winner of a McKenzie Draw(B) meteorite fragment found in Texas, USA in
the summer of 1989 while a farmer was plowing a peanut field is Rich J.



Thank you

Shawn Alan
IMCA 1633
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http://shop.ebay.com/photophlow/m.html








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Hello Listers,

Spring is here and so is another installment of POP QUIZ FRIDAYS.

Name of the game be the 10th Lister to email me off the List with the
correct answer and win a free McKenzie Draw(B) meteorite fragment found in
Texas, USA in the summer of 1989 while a farmer was plowing a peanut field.

Question:

Please tell me which meteorite fall was one of the first falls to be
recognized by scientists as a rock from space.

Good Luck

Shawn Alan
IMCA 1633
eBaystore
http://shop.ebay.com/photophlow/m.html









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