1,000-pound meteorite found amid Kansas tornado rubble

AP ^ | 5/7/7

[Fester Chugabrew]

Don’t quit your day job. ;>

[wolfcreek]

There was a report from a trucker who said his rig along with 40,000 gals of oil were completely blow away. I guess the meteorite was lucky.

[theFIRMbss]

>Why?

If you really want
the gory details, track back
from where it ended . . .

[31M20RedDevil]

We stopped there last yr. on the way to Co.,that`s one big deep
well, it`s gotta be 150` deep and lined with brick.

It`s gotta be the biggest well we`ve ever been in. Well I guess
it`s the only well I`ve been in.

Prayers for those poor people that lost everything.

[Tribune7]

LOL

[Calpernia]

Ping to me for later

[Calpernia]

Thanks

[UNGN]

Oh, man I used to drive through this town going to college 20 years ago (from Nebraska to Arizona).

I remember the signs and always wanted to stop. This is sad.

[urabus]

It looks pretty heavy to me!

[urabus]

Pallasite is a type with a lot of Olivine crystals embedded in a matrix of Nickel/Iron - Some nice pics here!!!:

http://www.arizonaskiesmeteorites.com/AZ_Skies_Links/Meteorite_Photos/Stony_Irons/Pallasites/index.html

[Mercat]

It is pretty dull but that’s why we like it.

[SunkenCiv]

I'm thinkin', a catastrophism topic.

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[Professional Engineer]

Does this mean meteorites cause tornadoes? Wow!

[Rb ver. 2.0]

Cut slab section of a palasite meteorite illuminated from behind:

[dirtboy]

Does this mean meteorites cause tornadoes? Wow!

The tornado mistook the metallic signature of the meteorite for a large trailer park. The town was doomed.

[Rb ver. 2.0]

I don’t think there were any mobile homes in this town. Kind of messes with that theory.

[Liberty Valance]

Incoming!

[Thinkin' Gal]

Amid the rubble, one of the town's most locally famous features was recovered Monday. A museum volunteer searching the site of the town's Big Well museum found a missing 1,000- pound meteorite, one of the largest of its kind. The meteorite, a type called a pallasite, is insured for $1 million.

They must have hailed that discovery.

[Rastus]

The first time is a "Meteorite." The second time is an "A'ight." The third time is an "Oh, no you did-int!"

[Lori March]

I first saw our rock when I was in the first grade and I’ve seen it a thousand times since. I have always been told that it is extremely dense and that’s how it looks. Kiowa County is, for various reasons, a meteorite field. People come from all over looking for them.

I’m just now starting to relax.