[meteorite-list] Michigan meteorite

From: Steve Dunklee <steve.dunklee_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2018 00:46:58 +0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <1220601114.5898052.1538873218279_at_mail.yahoo.com>

 I have no Idea what happened to it , but my Grandfather had a doorstop with a widmanstatten pattern on it similar to gibeon. shaped like a half sphere with a hole drilled through the center to attach an eye ring, The story went, My great great uncle John Voith used it to tether his horse. while on the road, since there were areas with a lot of grassland and no tree or bush to tie a horse to. It must have weighed at least 30 lbs? and about the size of a half? bowling ball. I remember asking him why they put a pattern on it? He said it must have just been for decoration. I think I will ask one of my cousins what happened to it.
    On Saturday, October 6, 2018, 6:38:34 PM CDT, Swan Valley Bushcraft via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
 
 Hello All,
The story of this Michigan meteorite does fit the generic narrative of a farm-raised meteorite. A noisy arrival. Warm to the touch. Life as a doorstop. All perfectly reasonable, and in fact, expected.
The degree of external weathering is possible depending on the iron chemical composition and the storage environment. I'll admit, I wondered about it too, but there are plenty of rusty blobs of Sikhote-Alin around that fell perhaps 10 or more years after this alleged event.
https://www.meteorite-times.com/accretion-desk/a-lost-can-of-pristine-sikhote-alin-meteorites/

Either way, it looks like this is a real iron meteorite. And Occam and I would believe the initial story over a transplanted previously known iron. The Roundup, Montana has a similar story but without the fall excitement.
Best,
Martin


On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 2:35 AM Paul Gessler via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:

I saw this as a headline on CNN homepage
It even had billing over Elon Musk and Kavanaugh when I saw it.

After reading the report on its being excavated in 1930 or thereabouts from
a crater after a loud crash and being warm to the touch etc.
I had to laugh!
Now if you had collected a freshly fallen Siderite moments after impact
would it look like it has been weathered for 10,000 years !
No it wouldn't

I have no doubt about its authenticity but the story is far fetched


Paul Gessler



-----Original Message-----
From: Jack Newport via Meteorite-list
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2018 1:00 AM
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Subject: [meteorite-list] Michigan meteorite

Hey list,

> A 22-pound rock that has been propping open a door in Michigan for decades
> turns out to be a meteorite valued at $100,000, according to Central
> Michigan University.

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/04/us/meteorite-doorstop-michigan-trnd/index.html?no-st=1538726141

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