[meteorite-list] SPANISH BOLIDE : IMPORTANT FIND !

From: Michel Franco <michel_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:32:50 2004
Message-ID: <025201c40ab5$ff957600$0201a8c0_at_cailloubi12zzr>

Congratulations !!

Seems that you had a lot of nose to find it !

Nice stone indeed, and welcome to the Meteorite New Fall Discoverer Group.

Best regards

Michel FRANCO


----- Original Message -----
From: "Pierre-Marie PELE" <pierre.pele_at_voila.fr>
To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 9:56 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] SPANISH BOLIDE : IMPORTANT FIND !


> Our recovery team went to Spain from 8th to 14th March 2004. We followed
the estimated trajectory of the bolide observed over Spain the 4th January
2004. At the moment, only two small fragments have been recovered by a
journalist on vacation in the area and several other stones by a Spanish
recovery team.
>
> We are the first meteorite hunters to have done a significient find. On
the 10th March 2004 in the afternoon, we found on a track a complete 1380
grams meteorite in the north of the Palencia District.
>
> It is classified as a H chondrite. Our museum quality individual is 98%
covered with fusion crust. There's a small window showing the inside, with
shock veins.
>
> The first worldwide public show of this meteorite will be done by our
recovery group at the Ensisheim Show, in June 2004.
>
> You can anyway look at some pictures of our find on our website
www.meteor-center.com
>
> Pierre-Marie PELE
> www.meteor-center.com
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>
> Faites un voeu et puis Voila ! www.voila.fr
>
>
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