1,400-Pound Meteorite, Found In Kansas |
1,400-Pound Meteorite, Found In Kansas |
Nov 11 2005, 05:08 AM
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Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 7,187 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 4 |
Si sent this to me about 4:30 yesterday afternoon......
This stony-iron pallasite meteorite is the biggest on record yet to be found in the US. http://www.local6.com/news/5297345/detail.html QUOTE Record Setting Meteorite Found In Western Kansas KAKE News November 10, 2005 A professional meteorite hunter digs up a huge space rock right here in Kansas. The record rock is the largest of it's type ever found in the U.S. The metorite was discovered in Kiowa County last month. It's an amazing find. It looks like a big piece of scrap metal,but it's a meteorite. It's one of the largest and most valuable in the world and it was found in a farmer's field. Now the farmer is looking forward to cashing in. Kiowa County farmer Allen Binford didn't know what to make of the huge rock but meteorite hunter Steve Arnold did, it's the find of a life time. Arnold, a native Wichitan, has been all over the world searching for meteorites but after doing some research, he learned that these space rocks were popping up everywhere in Western Kansas in the 1800's. So, he decided to see if any were left behind. Sure enough he found one seven and a half feet down in a wheat field. It's a 1400 pound pallasite meteorite. It's the largest of it's type ever recorded in U.S. history and the third largest in the world. The huge piece of nickel and iron contains a valuable semi-precious gemstone that is valued at $20-40 per gram. But this piece will likely be sold to a museum or private collector. It could be worth around a million dollars. Binford hopes there are more meteorites in Western Kansas. You will also find some fantastic pictures of it here... http://www.aerolite.org/brenham.htm -------------------- Education is the key to the future,
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Nov 11 2005, 06:12 AM
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russau Group: Members Posts: 2,841 Joined: 4-December 03 From: st.louis missouri Member No.: 43 |
our gpaa members in the k.c. area are all over this. they say there has been many found along this area that is know tobe a area strune with metorites.
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