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Article #7620Re: polar meteorites
From: John Roberts
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 03:42
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 03:42
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-From: jgarland@kean.ucs.mun.ca -Subject: polar meteorites -Date: 12 Jan 93 15:19:35 GMT -Organization: Memorial University. St.John's Nfld, Canada -Re. finding meteorites... -Seems to me I remember a childhood reference which stated that Peary found -a rather large meteorite (multiton) that had been mined by the local residents -for some time (decades/centuries/millenia???). In any case, I think he took it -back to the US. The picture still in my mind (or maybe imagination) is of -a rocky barrens. In such a place, the same logic as Antarctica would -apply, I suppose. -John Garland I don't know if it's related, but in the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum there's a huge (non-meteoric) copper boulder, which was formerly revered as a manitou, and which was transported to DC with great difficulty. I think it came from northwestern North America, but I'm not sure. John Roberts roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov
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Newsgroups: sci.space Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!bb3.andrew.cmu.edu!crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu!roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov From: roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov (John Roberts) Subject: Re: polar meteorites Message-ID: <C0rx5A.G6G.1@cs.cmu.edu> X-Added: Forwarded by Space Digest Sender: news+@cs.cmu.edu Organization: National Institute of Standards and Technology formerly National Bureau of Standards Original-Sender: isu@VACATION.VENARI.CS.CMU.EDU Distribution: sci Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 03:42:11 GMT Approved: bboard-news_gateway Lines: 25