McCoy Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 Huge Meteorite Found Underground in Kan. GREENSBURG, Kan. - A rare 1,400-pound meteorite was discovered seven feet underground by a collector in an area long known for producing prized space rocks. Using a metal detector mounted on a three-wheel vehicle, Steve Arnold of Kingston, Ark., found the huge meteorite two weeks ago in Kiowa County's Brenham Township in southern Kansas. The meteorite is classified as an oriented pallasite, a type noted for a conical shape with crystals embedded in iron-nickel alloy. Only two larger ones of that type are known to have been found: a 3,100-pounder in Australia and a 1,500-pounder in Argentina. The Kansas rock was found in the same area that in 1949 produced a 1,000-pound meteorite now on display at the Celestial Museum in Greensburg. Meteorites change shape as they enter the Earth's atmosphere. An oriented meteorite, which is rare, maintains a stable flight rather than tumbling. "It is aesthetically the type of meteorite that makes collectors drool," said Arnold, who has hunted for meteorites around the world and estimates his find is worth "seven figures." Arnold said he wants to sell it, preferably to a museum or someone who will keep it intact. According to the American Museum of Natural History in New York, the so-called Brenham meteorite exploded centuries ago over what is now Kansas, scattering more than three tons of fragments. Most pieces found in the area are no larger than a grapefruit, said Rex Buchanan, associate director of the Kansas Geological Survey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 Re: But is it green and glowing? Just think about it! Animals born with green fur, giant meteors falling in Kansas! Ladies and gentlemen, we're in the beginnings of an actual age of superheroes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edsel Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 Re: But is it green and glowing? Well if it breaks open and a baby pops out... Or if it starts to unscrew... Somebody let us know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest daeudi_454 Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 Re: But is it green and glowing? no, no... only the cylinder ones unscrew.... cones crack open with green glowing goo that turns people into plants. Or was that small spheres? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 Re: But is it green and glowing? Well if it breaks open and a baby pops out... Or if it starts to unscrew... Somebody let us know. Don't worry, the Maxim guns will make short work of anything that might possibly be inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 Re: But is it green and glowing? Don't worry' date=' the Maxim guns will make short work of anything that might possible be inside. [/quote'] I read that as the Maxim Girls, which was an entirely different image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverbullet Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 Re: But is it green and glowing? Just think about it! Animals born with green fur' date=' giant meteors falling in Kansas! Ladies and gentlemen, we're in the beginnings of an actual age of superheroes![/quote'] I thought it was pods that bust open and grew copies of us... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edsel Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 Re: But is it green and glowing? Well, whatever it is we're pretty much doomed unless there is a baby inside. Of course the way modern social services seem to work odds are he'll grow up to be a delinquent. I'm going to start digging in my basement right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Frisbee Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 Re: But is it green and glowing? Hmmm...what if the meteorite drops pods which start producing super-powered versions of regular people...that's strange, I'm suddenly getting this urge to start cleaning the Maxim guns... Matt "What?-You're-taking-me-seriously?" Frisbee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted November 13, 2005 Report Share Posted November 13, 2005 Re: But is it green and glowing? Well, someone has to ... What the deuce is a Maxim gun? (For that matter, what the deuce is a Maxim girl?) Seriously, I'm clueless on this (and in general, but that's another issue). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted November 13, 2005 Report Share Posted November 13, 2005 Re: But is it green and glowing? Well, someone has to ... What the deuce is a Maxim gun? (For that matter, what the deuce is a Maxim girl?) Seriously, I'm clueless on this (and in general, but that's another issue). These are Maxim Girls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted November 13, 2005 Report Share Posted November 13, 2005 Re: But is it green and glowing? Well, someone has to ... What the deuce is a Maxim gun? Early machine-gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edsel Posted November 13, 2005 Report Share Posted November 13, 2005 Re: But is it green and glowing? In 1881 the American inventor, Hiram Maxim, visited the Paris Electrical Exhibition. While he was at the exhibition he met a man who told him: "If you wanted to make a lot of money, invent something that will enable these Europeans to cut each other's throats with greater facility." Maxim moved to London and over the next few years worked on producing an effective machine-gun. In 1885 he demonstrated the world's first automatic portable machine-gun to the British Army. Maxim used the energy of each bullet's recoil force to eject the spent cartridge and insert the next bullet. The Maxim Machine-Gun would therefore fire until the entire belt of bullets was used up. Trials showed that the machine-gun could fire 500 rounds per minute and therefore had the firepower of about 100 rifles. The Maxim Machine-Gun was adopted by the British Army in 1889. The following year the Austrian, German, Italian, Swiss and Russian armies also purchased Maxim's gun. The gun was first used by Britain`s colonial forces in the Matabele war in 1893-94. In one engagement, fifty soldiers fought off 5,000 Matabele warriors with just four Maxim guns. The success of the Maxim Machine-Gun inspired other inventors. The German Army's Maschinengewehr and the Russian Pulemyot Maxima were both based on Maxim's invention. In 1912 the British Army transferred its loyalties to the Vickers Gun and lighter Lewis Gun. However, in the First World War, several of the minor European armies continued to use the Maxim Gun. No I am not that eloquent of a writer I swiped all of the preceeding from this website. But none of that is going to help us with the meteorite thing. I am leaning toward the theory it is a giant dragon egg and once we hatch it out we are all in trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest daeudi_454 Posted November 13, 2005 Report Share Posted November 13, 2005 Re: But is it green and glowing? These are Maxim Girls. Which is enough to make the average male gamer forget about the Maxim Gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KA. Posted November 13, 2005 Report Share Posted November 13, 2005 Re: But is it green and glowing? I guess this means that they are soon going to be having the standard Smallville conversations around the coffee shop: "Hey, remember the time I went crazy from meteor rocks and tried to kill you?" "Oh, yeah! Remember the time I went crazy from meteor rocks and tried to kill you?" "Yeah. Hey, whatever happened to Pete? Didn't you used to hang around with him?" "Yeah, he went crazy from meteor rocks and tried to kill everyone!" Sorry, but I have been watching Smallville reruns lately. KA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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