Re: Elemental abundances on Earth

From: Michael Mcneil (weatherlawyer_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/21/04 

Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 23:17:50 +0000 (UTC)

"Mike Dworetsky" <platinum198@pants.btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:cnnl7l$kpq$1@hercules.btinternet.com

> Only a tiny amount of metallic iron comes from meteorites. This
> stuff is so rare that in some remote cultures the only source of iron was a
> meteorite,

I thought the first poster was a nit until I read yours. I am sure
you can see the error in your reply.

You don't happen to work for Earth Observatory by any chance? 

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