[meteorite-list] Glorieta Mountain

From: ruben garcia <meteoritemall_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:27:43 2004
Message-ID: <20031103153923.82653.qmail_at_web20804.mail.yahoo.com>

Mark and Jerry,
You guys are brave going this time of year it is a
little cold for me. We decided to put off any further
trips to glorieta untill spring. There isn't much left
out there anymore, at least thats what every one says.
Last time we went Sept 17,18,and 19 of this year, two
of us found around 200 grams.
I'm not sure if we could do that well again. Every
time we go we find less and less. I figure between
myself, Mike Miller and Stan Wall, we have found about
900 - 1000 grams this year. However, That doesn't
include the GIANT 11.93 LB BEAUTY that Mike Miller
found. We will contine to go, but we are now in search
of the larger specimens that Mike has inspired us to
look for.
 There are no special secrets in Glorieta it is pretty
much a little luck and a lot of hard work. The
nice part is you don't need to find too much to make a
nice trip out of it.
Oh Ya, I don't know how accurate my GPS unit is but it
says the elevation is more like 5800 ft.
 
Ruben Garcia Mr-Meteorite



--- MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_msn.com> wrote:
> Hello Everybody,
>
> Just spent the last few days at Glorieta
> Mountain....and the somewhat local casinos.
>
> Man are those little irons hard to find. The
> mountains in this region are a soft gravel sand like
> mixture that makes walking around them hard, being
> 3500 ft up doesnt help either. I had to stop and
> take a rest every thirty minutes or so to keep from
> tiring out.
>
> I went with a local collector, Jerry Calvert, and
> together we found two meteorites, one each. Mine a
> tiny droplet and his a ~10g with a neat shape.
>
> Together we spent probley $500 on the trip and four
> days of time. Makes you respect Glorieta Mountain
> hunters a little more.
>
> I have about 250 e-mails so please bear with me for
> a couple days.
>
> Mark Bostick
> www.meteoritearticles.com
>


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