[meteorite-list] Wilcox Playa (Arizona) Meteorite

From: Robert Verish <bolidechaser_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Nov 19 12:28:13 2004
Message-ID: <20041119172810.99241.qmail_at_web51708.mail.yahoo.com>

Hi Mark,

Congratulations on your latest acquisition.

But, I have a question:

When was this find made?

It depends on this "date of find" whether the ~72gram
stone is WP 003 or WP 004 assuming there are no other
Wilcox Playa finds awaiting classification.

For instance, I made another WP find on 2004 March 07
so, if the ~72 gram stone was found prior to that
date, it is WP 003, if found after that date, it will
be WP 004 (again, assuming there are no other Wilcox
Playa finds awaiting classification).

I had planned to write about my find in my February
2005 Bob's Findings article prior to the Tucson Show.
That article would have answered many of the questions
that I'm sure will now be raised concerning the "date
of find" (one day before the cancelled Wilcox Playa
Hunt) and the presumed too muddy condition of the
playa. All answered in due time.

And regarding the importance of recording the "date /
time-of-day of find", I will spare you my sermon and
just refer you to this article:

http://meteorite-recovery.tripod.com/2004/jan04.htm

Hope this info helps,
Bob VERISH

Additional info:
http://www.mail-archive.com/meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com/msg19483.html

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[meteorite-list] Wilcox Playa (Arizona) Meteorite
MARK BOSTICK thebigcollector at msn.com
Fri Nov 19 04:49:30 EST 2004

Hello list,

http://www.meteoritearticles.com/colwilcox.html

Seems I get the honor of introducing another U.S.
meteorite to everyone.

I recently acquired this chondrite from a gold hunter
in southern Arizona.
It was found on the west shore of Wilcox Playa dry
lake, which most of you will remember as the place we
had planned to group hunt last Tucson
show.

According to the finder he had sent it the University
of Arizona, Center of Meteorite Studies, where they
confirmed it was a meteorite and requested to cut a
sample off for study, which they did. The letter from
the University, returned with the stone, has been lost
so I will have to do a little research on this one,
but from his description of the person he dealt with I
think I know who handled the meteorite for him.

The finder's memory says it is an H5. Which appears
accurate, there is a lot of metal in the stone.
Something I found interesting is that the meteorite
look a lot like, crust and surface features wise, to
Bob Verish's small L6 find on the same lake bed.
Perhaps other meteorites, if we find more, from
the lake bed will have like features as well.

See Bob Verish's recap of Wilcox Playa meteorites from
his Feb. 2004 Meteorite Times article.

http://meteorite-recovery.tripod.com/2004/feb04.htm

Could anyone provide good photos, or better yet, trade
or sell me a type sample of Wilcox Playa 001?
I imagine this will get named Wilcox Playa 003,
even if it is paired with Wilcox Playa 001, but it
would be interesting to know. Wilcox Playa 001 is
classified as an H4.


Clear Skies,
Mark Bostick
www.meteoritearticles.com

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