Westcliffe and Silver Cliff Meteorite Craters, Further Evidence of Extinction Level Event Options

[ASTROBLEME]

Greetings Everyone,

I am announcing this discovery as a long time contributor to the Colorado Prospector Forum and want to make sure that other members have access to this information. After initiating a research effort in 2005, I have been able to collect substantial evidence to support a double meteorite impact located in Custer County, Colorado. The Westcliffe Crater is the larger structure while the Silver Cliff Crater is smaller and both are named for the towns nearby. All my work has been done independently and at my own cost.

This previously unrecognized double crater structure is paired with my discovery of the Gunnison Crater. All 3 impacts occurred 360 to 375 million years ago. These impact craters are further evidence supporting the Tonko Lineament that recognizes the serial impacts across the United States aligning on the 38th Parallel. The crater chain and associated fish fossil records I have researched indicate a Devonian mass extinction event where 70% of life on our planet was eliminated. Along with hyper-velocity geologic evidence in the target zone, I have also recovered two meteorite types that are in the early process of classification.

Peak Ring Image of Westcliffe and Silver Cliff Craters


Westcliffe Meteorite (photo with light sourced to highlight metal inclusions but chondrules are still visible)



Silver Cliff Meteorite



Sincerely,

Johnny Tonko

[ASTROBLEME]

Hello Everyone,

There is a growing controversy within the Meteorite Community. The "SNC meteorites" (Shergottite, Nakhlite and Chassingite) have been proclaimed to be of Martian origin based on what was reasonably surmised about Mars decades ago. Now that more and more data is being collected from Mars by orbiting satellites and rovers operating on the surface, the question is "why don't the SNC meteorites trend with the rover data?"

Based on the more recent data collection, it is conceivable that Mars is substantially different from the early scientific community's understanding. There are very few meteorites that actually match up to the newer data.

I've placed my data points onto the Harker diagram that includes 2015 data from Sautter et al. The SNC meteorites are in blue, the earth rock is in red and the rover data is in green. Having specimens in hand that look like rocks photographed on Mars, along with petrochemistry that matches data being collected on Mars...leaves me pretty confidant that the meteorite fragments I'm collecting have a high probability of being from Mars.

ASTROBLEME