[meteorite-list] A fragment of the recent spanish fireball found?
From: Jose Campos <josecamposcomet_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:32:00 2004 Message-ID: <DGEBLJJBPOAHJLINCDEHKEFICAAA.josecamposcomet_at_netcabo.pt> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0002_01C3D64A.0F6EA7E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hi List - and Marco, Here is my translation of a spanish news article, dated 08/January 2004: "A man who lives in Fuentes de Ropel, Zamora, says he has found debris of the meteorite that he believes is the same one that fell down on Sunday on the peninsula. He said that he found it near the local cemitery and that it was like a ping-pong ball in size, and when he picked it up it broke away into 4 fragments. He kept one for himself and handed over the other 3 fragments at the Headquarters of the Guardia Civil at Benavente. >From there, they were sent to the Centro Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, to have them certified if in fact, the mineral has come from the outer space." (end of translation) - This article was written in spanish by a Mr. José Ignacio C. Garcia, Madrid. There is a video-clip - showing the finder explaining his story -, attached to this news page, plus some 4 small photos showing again the finder, as well as the small fragment that he kept for himself. In one of the pictures, on the palm of his hand is shown a 5 cent Euro coin next to the fragment. As the coin in question has 20 mm in diameter, one can estimate the fragment to be 14 x 6 mm approx. and it looks like a stony fragment with what seems to be some fusion crust (?) on its top visible side - but I am not that sure. Check on the following link: http://www.a3n.tv/mNoticia.asp?seccion=Noticias/Sociedad/&news=6410787 Regards José Campos Portugal --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.560 / Virus Database: 352 - Release Date: 1/8/2004 ------=_NextPart_000_0002_01C3D64A.0F6EA7E0 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 http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1276" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D866331100-09012004>Hi = List - and=20 Marco,</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D866331100-09012004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D866331100-09012004>Here = is my=20 translation of a spanish news article, dated 08/January=20 2004:</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D866331100-09012004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN = class=3D866331100-09012004> "A man who=20 lives in Fuentes de Ropel, Zamora, says he has found debris of the = meteorite=20 that he believes is the same one that fell down on Sunday on the=20 peninsula.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D866331100-09012004>He = said that he=20 found it near the local cemitery and that it was like a ping-pong ball = in size,=20 and when he picked it up it broke away into 4 fragments. He kept one=20 for</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN = class=3D866331100-09012004>himself and handed=20 over the other 3 fragments at the Headquarters of the Guardia Civil at=20 Benavente. </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D866331100-09012004>From = there, they=20 were sent to the Centro Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, to have = them=20 certified if in fact, the mineral has come from the outer=20 space."</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D866331100-09012004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D866331100-09012004>(end = of=20 translation) - This article was written in spanish by a Mr. Jos=E9 = Ignacio=20 C. Garcia, Madrid.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D866331100-09012004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN = class=3D866331100-09012004> There is a=20 video-clip - showing the finder explaining his story -, attached to this = news=20 page, plus some 4 small photos showing again the finder, as well as the = small=20 fragment that he kept for himself.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN = class=3D866331100-09012004> In one of the=20 pictures, on the palm of his hand is shown a 5 cent Euro coin next to = the=20 fragment.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D866331100-09012004>As the = coin in=20 question has 20 mm in diameter, one can estimate the fragment to = be 14 x 6=20 mm approx. and it looks like a stony fragment with what seems to=20 be some fusion crust (?) on its top visible side - but I am not = that=20 sure.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D866331100-09012004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D866331100-09012004>Check = on the=20 following link: <A=20 href=3D"http://www.a3n.tv/mNoticia.asp?seccion=3DNoticias/Sociedad/&n= ews=3D6410787">http://www.a3n.tv/mNoticia.asp?seccion=3DNoticias/Sociedad= /&news=3D6410787</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D866331100-09012004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN = class=3D866331100-09012004></SPAN></FONT><FONT=20 face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN = class=3D866331100-09012004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Regards</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2>Jos=E9<SPAN = class=3D866331100-09012004>=20 Campos</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D866331100-09012004>Portugal</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D866331100-09012004> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0002_01C3D64A.0F6EA7E0--Received on Thu 08 Jan 2004 07:46:47 PM PST |
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