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Westcliffe and Silver Cliff Meteorite Craters, Further Evidence of Extinction Level Event
ASTROBLEME
post Mar 26 2016, 04:54 PM
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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
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Westcliffe Meteorite (photo with light sourced to highlight metal inclusions but chondrules are still visible)

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Silver Cliff Meteorite

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Sincerely,

Johnny Tonko



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"Some day this crater is going to be a greatly talked about place, and if the above credit is due, as is certainly the case, I would like to have it generally known for the sake of the children." Daniel Moreau Barringer 2/1/1912 in a letter about the Barringer Meteorite Crater, Arizona USA
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post Apr 18 2017, 05:41 PM
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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.

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"Some day this crater is going to be a greatly talked about place, and if the above credit is due, as is certainly the case, I would like to have it generally known for the sake of the children." Daniel Moreau Barringer 2/1/1912 in a letter about the Barringer Meteorite Crater, Arizona USA
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- ASTROBLEME   Westcliffe and Silver Cliff Meteorite Craters   Mar 26 2016, 04:54 PM
- - johnnybravo300   It looks like the Gunnison crater is in the Hartma...   Mar 26 2016, 10:01 PM
|- - ASTROBLEME   QUOTE (johnnybravo300 @ Mar 26 2016, 11:0...   Mar 26 2016, 10:44 PM
- - James and Cyndi   Quite extraordinary!!! Thanks for shar...   Mar 27 2016, 08:02 AM
- - johnnybravo300   Wow what an awesome read. Makes perfect sense. The...   Mar 27 2016, 07:24 PM
- - Crusty   awesome work; thanks for sharing   Mar 27 2016, 11:48 PM
- - ASTROBLEME   Here's a close-up view of the chondrules in th...   Mar 31 2016, 02:25 PM
- - Gene Kooper   For Astrobleme, On your Crater Research web page ...   Aug 14 2016, 03:20 PM
- - Caveman   HOLY CRAP!!!! I just looked at th...   Jan 8 2017, 11:37 AM
|- - ASTROBLEME   Hello Caveman, Here's a photo of a field spec...   Feb 2 2017, 12:37 PM
|- - Caveman   QUOTE (ASTROBLEME @ Feb 2 2017, 11:37 AM)...   Feb 3 2017, 08:50 AM
- - ASTROBLEME   Hello Caveman, I'm sure you'll want to go...   Feb 9 2017, 07:23 PM
- - Caveman   There is quite a bit that looks like that on the p...   Feb 13 2017, 03:06 PM
- - ASTROBLEME   Exciting News... Having received results from lab...   Mar 4 2017, 05:59 PM
- - johnnybravo300   Those two look identical to the eye. So it is a ro...   Mar 4 2017, 10:21 PM
- - ASTROBLEME   Understanding the natural forces involved in hyper...   Mar 12 2017, 07:18 PM
- - billwolf   Hi guys, I am new to this site and just looking th...   Mar 14 2017, 12:56 PM
- - johnnybravo300   Welcome billwolf. Fascinating to say the least. An...   Mar 14 2017, 01:40 PM
- - ASTROBLEME   I'm pleased to see all the interest in my effo...   Mar 15 2017, 07:10 PM
- - Gene Kooper   I am not sure that this will be received well, but...   Mar 16 2017, 12:42 AM
- - ASTROBLEME   The largest geologic structures found across the s...   Mar 16 2017, 01:54 AM
- - Gene Kooper   You are of course free to misuse the term lineamen...   Mar 16 2017, 11:28 PM
|- - GeoMatt   QUOTE (Gene Kooper @ Mar 16 2017, 11:28 P...   Mar 17 2017, 10:28 AM
||- - Gene Kooper   QUOTE (GeoMatt @ Mar 17 2017, 11:28 AM) G...   Mar 18 2017, 01:03 AM
|- - ASTROBLEME   QUOTE (Gene Kooper @ Mar 17 2017, 12:28 A...   Mar 17 2017, 11:14 AM
- - Gene Kooper   I ran across an interesting presentation at the 20...   Mar 19 2017, 11:32 AM
- - ASTROBLEME   Quote from Gene Kooper to GeoMatt; "Like I s...   Mar 25 2017, 05:44 PM
- - ASTROBLEME   Hello Everyone, There is a growing controversy wi...   Apr 18 2017, 05:41 PM
- - ASTROBLEME   I'm looking forward to data from the InSight L...   Dec 16 2018, 06:40 PM


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