RE: Strange Dino-age meteorite found in S. Africa

["Mikko K. Haaramo" <mikko.haaramo@helsinki.fi>]

Actually a bolide-fragment in the impact melt layer of the Morokweng crater.

See latest Nature:
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v441/n7090/pdf/nature04751.pdf

--Mikko Haaramo


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http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2006-05-10-strange-meterorite_x.h
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> Big meteorite creates big mysteries
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> Scientists have discovered a beach ball-sized meteorite a 
> half-mile below a giant crater in South Africa. The 
> 145-million-year-old meteorite has a chemical composition 
> unlike any known meteorite. It is also an unusual find 
> because it was largely unaltered by the extreme heat from the impact.
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