by Paul Harris    (To print, first click on puzzle, then print)

June 2002 Solution

Across

2 Famous stony meteorite TV news anchor.
5 A brecciated diogenite/eucrite mix.
6 _____ chondrites formed in an oxygen-depleted environment
7 Means without chondrules.
8 Which meteorite holds the record for most diamonds recovered.
11 Cattlemen refered to this as Coon Butte.
13 _____ iron meteorites are a transisitional class between iron meteorites and stony meteorites.
17 Named after a fall near Aubres, France.
18 CAI's stand for _____ _____ _____ (3 words with no spaces between them)
19 The North American Tektties are made up of the Georgiaites and the _____.

Down

1 Native iron alloyed with a very small amount of nickel and found in Josephine County, Oregon USA.
3 This meteorite is the largest carbonaceous meteorite fall in history.
4 Who said "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof" concerning possible evidence of microbial life in ALH 84001
5 Solved the mystery of the "Lost Port Orford Meteorite"
9 The rarest achondrite
10 _____ make up about 85% of all known meteorites.
12 _____(CR) chondrites have primitive chondrules, aqueously altered, and metal
14 The largest witnessed fall of a stony meteorite was in _____, China.
15 Antartic meteorites were first found at the base of the _____ Mountains.
16 The "I" in CI carbonaceous chondrites stands for _____.