[meteorite-list] Hunting in Norway...

From: Michael Mazur <mjmazur_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Aug 2 10:51:40 2006
Message-ID: <cbdefd770608020714q234a5a8ehefe8396e13514566_at_mail.gmail.com>

Since others are sharing their Moss meteorite hunting experiences, I thought
that it was time to share my own. I'm fortunate enough to live in Norway so,
after hearing news of the first recoveries, quickly made plans to make the
7h drive to Moss. I set out late in the evening on the 18th of July. After
three Cokes, several orange juices, two hot dogs, a big bag of chips, and 2h
of sleep, I arrived in Moss to be greeted by a beautiful sunny morning.
People were out and about, and most had heard about the meteorites that had
been recovered. After a quick tour to the area of the Johansen 750g
recovery, I met up with a friend and we set off to see the site of the
famous 'outhouse' incident. After failing to find the cabin and being told
by another searcher that we were wasting our time searching the area because
it had been searched out, we set off test this assertion. We found nothing,
but, since the area is covered mostly with trees and fields, I would
hesitate to say that it had been searched fully. Several more days of
searching bush, islands, neighbourhoods, and industrial areas led to
nothing. Even the leads were sparse. A possible rock on a golf course, a
piece of obsidian, and sounds of falling rocks in Moss all turned out to be
dead ends. The sound of falling rocks in Moss was, at first, thought to be
interesting but, after talking to the man in question, it became clear that
he had heard the sounds 2-4h after the fireball. Things became more exciting
though on the last day trip (July 23rd), just as I was turning onto the
highway to drive home. As luck would have it, I received a tip which
actually turned out to be good! We investigated and found that a reasonable
sized part rock had been recovered to the NW of the Johansen stone. Further
searching of the area turned up many more fragments from a gram or two in
size up to about 500g. As best I can tell from the recovered material, this
stone hit a fence (as indicated by bits of plastic fence material on a piece
of the stone) before breaking into many bits which were thrown in many
directions and scattered over a large area. All in all, the trip was
successful with material recovered and sent off for classification and
counting work. Congratulations to all who have spent time searching in
Norway. I believe that the positive efforts put forth by those in the field
may help ward off the current push to make Norwegian meteorites state
property.

If you're interested in acquiring some of this material, please contact me
off-list specifying the amount that you're looking for (preferably larger
pieces at this time).

Mike
mjmazur_at_gmail.com

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Michael Mazur
Vigdelsvegen 523
4054 Tjelta
Norway
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