[meteorite-list] Fw: First report of a New Fall!
From: Adam Hupe <adamhupe_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:18:30 2004 Message-ID: <003201c2dbb5$fc0eff40$ba06e70c_at_attbi.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002F_01C2DB72.ED764120 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Adam Hupe=20 To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 12:38 PM Subject: First report of a New Fall! Dear List Members, We Would like to introduce a new fall. New meteorite Thuathe, Lesotho fell on July 21, 2002=20 Incredibly this meteorite fell on the same day as Kilabo. About 27 = kilograms is projected to be the Total Known Weight with about 19 = kilograms recovered so far. Stones varying in size from 2 grams up to = the main mass weight of 2,387 grams have been recovered. It was reported = to the Meteoritical Society and the official name of Thuathe has been = assigned. It is an H4 ordinary chondrite with a not so ordinary story. = We will report more eye witness accounts as they come in.=20 Malineo Mantsoe of IIa Sofonia describes her experience: When the loud = noise occurred overhead, she ran to the back of her dwelling expecting = to see a thunderstorm, but there was none. She came to the front, just = in time to hear wheeee-bang as a stone fell into her cooking area just = in front of her, cracking one of her water carriers. No villager could = have thrown a stone so fast in daylight, and it must have been a truly = powerful thokolost to have done such a thing in broad daylight! = Fortunately she was prepared for such occasions, because she had a = supply of holy water blessed in church. She sprinkled it on the stone = and elsewhere around her cooking area and house, and it worked! No more = stones fell.=20 In other villages the locals were disgusted that black stones were = falling out of the sky because one almost hit somebody in Ha Motloang. = They picked up the stones and threw them as far away as they could to = get them out of their villages. Once they overcame their superstitions = regarding this meteorite and realized they were worth something, = hundreds began to search for them.=20 What you see here is the first batch to reach the civilized world. We = are expecting the bulk of the fall, another 12 kilograms to reach us = this week. The well-defined strewn field has been scoured for months now = so we expect only another 2 to 4 kilograms will show up after this. = After one of our partners, thinking that all the material had been = recovered (not possible) spoke about this fall in Tucson the word was = out. Now a three-person team arrived yesterday from Tucson and is asking = about the stones. Now there is a race on to see who can recover the most = of this new fall. Good luck to the other teams and may we all win! The samples pictured below are priced as follows: 10-50 grams $7.50 per gram 51-200 grams $7.00 per gram 201-500 grams $6.50 per gram over 500 grams $6.00 per gram=20 Her is a link to available specimens: http://www.lunarrock.com/thuathe/thuathe.jpg Please email us and let us know if any of these are of interest. All the best, Adam and Greg Hupe The Hupe Collection IMCA 2185 ------=_NextPart_000_002F_01C2DB72.ED764120 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----=20 <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A=20 href=3D"mailto:adamhupe_at_attbi.com" title=3Dadamhupe@attbi.com>Adam = Hupe</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A href=3D"mailto:meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com"=20 title=3Dmeteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>meteorite-list@meteoritecentr= al.com</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, February 23, 2003 12:38 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> First report of a New Fall!</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dear List Members,</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>We Would like to introduce a new = fall.</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=3D2>New meteorite Thuathe, Lesotho fell on July 21, 2002 = </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=3D2>Incredibly this meteorite fell on the same day as = Kilabo. About=20 27 kilograms is projected to be the Total Known Weight with about 19 = kilograms=20 recovered so far. Stones varying in size from 2 grams up to the main = mass weight=20 of 2,387 grams have been recovered. It was reported to the Meteoritical = Society=20 and the official name of Thuathe has been assigned. It is an H4 ordinary = chondrite with a not so ordinary story. We will report more eye witness = accounts=20 as they come in. </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=3D2>Malineo Mantsoe of IIa Sofonia describes her = experience: When=20 the loud noise occurred overhead, she ran to the back of her dwelling = expecting=20 to see a thunderstorm, but there was none. She came to the front, just = in time=20 to hear wheeee-bang as a stone fell into her cooking area just in front = of her,=20 cracking one of her water carriers. No villager could have thrown a = stone so=20 fast in daylight, and it must have been a truly powerful thokolost to = have done=20 such a thing in broad daylight! Fortunately she was prepared for such = occasions,=20 because she had a supply of holy water blessed in church. She sprinkled = it on=20 the stone and elsewhere around her cooking area and house, and it = worked! No=20 more stones fell. </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=3D2>In other villages the locals were disgusted that black = stones=20 were falling out of the sky because one almost hit somebody in Ha = Motloang. They=20 picked up the stones and threw them as far away as they could to get = them out of=20 their villages. Once they overcame their superstitions regarding this = meteorite=20 and realized they were worth something, hundreds began to search for = them.=20 </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=3D2>What you see here is the first batch to reach the = civilized=20 world. We are expecting the bulk of the fall, another 12 kilograms to = reach us=20 this week. The well-defined strewn field has been scoured for months now = so we=20 expect only another 2 to 4 kilograms will show up after this. After one = of our=20 partners, thinking that all the material had been recovered (not = possible) spoke=20 about this fall in Tucson the word was out. Now a three-person team = arrived=20 yesterday from Tucson and is asking about the stones. Now there is a = race on to=20 see who can recover the most of this new fall. Good luck to the other = teams and=20 may we all win!</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=3D2>The samples pictured below are priced as = follows:</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=3D2>10-50 grams $7.50 per gram</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=3D2>51-200 grams $7.00 per gram</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=3D2>201-500 grams $6.50 per gram</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=3D2>over 500 grams $6.00 per gram </FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Her is a link to available = specimens:</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://www.lunarrock.com/thuathe/thuathe.jpg">http://www.lunarroc= k.com/thuathe/thuathe.jpg</A></FONT></P> <P><FONT size=3D2>Please email us and let us know if any of these are of = interest.</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=3D2>All the best,</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=3D2>Adam and Greg Hupe</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=3D2>The Hupe Collection</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=3D2>IMCA 2185</FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_002F_01C2DB72.ED764120-- Received on Sun 23 Feb 2003 10:36:57 PM PST |
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