[meteorite-list] Glorieta - Taking The Hill

From: epb471 at aol.com <epb471_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 01:03:45 -0400
Message-ID: <8C95769BB85569A-F50-7B09_at_WEBMAIL-MC10.sysops.aol.com>

Greetings all,
 
I am fairly new to the hobby. I am 100% new to this list. Started colllecting for a brief time in the early 1990's and just recently got back into it by attending the Tucson show. Got to meet many great dealers in the hobby and it was a dream come true.
 
Thanks for all the interesting posts and awesome adventures involving meteorite recoveries. Nothing much happening in my home state except for Peekskill in the past!!
 
Good night all!
ELias - New York
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: meteoritemike360 at yahoo.com
To: stanleygregr at yahoo.com; gmhupe at tampabay.rr.com; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 9:47 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Glorieta - Taking The Hill


Congrat, to all
Looks like you guys had a lot of fun up there.
Thanks for all the pic. As I have said be for it is
very inspiring to a new guys like me to see your
finds. Now that I have seen all of your finds. I cant
wait to get back up there to find some more. Hopefully
a pallasite this time to go along with my little
siderite.
I feel another 12hr drive coming up soon.
Thanks
Mike
--- greg stanley <stanleygregr at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Greg and Group:
>
> Looks like everyone had a blast and came up with
> some amazing finds. Looking at the pictures - the
> weather looks perfect.
>
> Congrats to Patrick, Bob and Greg for you truly
> beautiful pieces. I think this is what makes this
> hobby so enjoyable. I really enjoy seeing people
> with there new finds.
>
> I?ve been hunting for a year now, and I don?t have
> an adequate metal detector for meteorite hunting.
> But perhaps one day I will and then I would be
> interested to Take the Hill ? or just some nice
> pieces of it.
>
> Congratulations to everyone on all your finds.
>
> Thanks for sharing
>
> Greg S
>
>
> Greg Hupe <gmhupe at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> Dear List Members,
>
> I just got back from a 5-day fun-filled meteorite
> hunt at Glorieta Mountain
> with about 14 of our fellow meteorite
> collectors/hunters. I would have to
> re-name it the "Meat Grinder" due to the rugged
> terrain which caused many
> cuts, scrapes, bruises and nearly every eye in the
> group to be almost poked
> out by branches hiding what we were after, Glorieta
> meteorites!!
>
> This was my first hunt to the mountain, as well as
> about half of the group.
> On the first day, four small pieces were found, all
> under 20 grams each. The
> next day Patrick Hermann from Canada made the best
> discovery of the trip, a
> whopper of a find at about 5 kilos! My last day of
> hunting was April 24th.
> At 9:25 AM and 32 hours of swinging my detector coil
> on grass and small
> cactus, around boulders, over cliffs and under
> trees, it hollered a loud
> unmistakable screech which had a different sound
> from the numerous cans,
> wire and other garbage from the past. I brushed away
> the pine needles and a
> light coating of dirt to reveal my first Glorieta
> pallasite, a beautiful
> 110.6 gram individual resembling a face. I've since
> named it "The 'Glorieta'
> Mask". At first I did not think it was a pallasite
> since the olivine
> crystals were coated by years of caliche and dirt.
> It wasn't until after I
> returned to the cabin that I cleaned it and was
> wowed again by the two large
> crystals which made the "eyes" of the face.
>
> After the remaining part of the group returned from
> another outing, Bob Haag
> pulled out his surprise find of the day, a
> spike-shaped individual pallasite
> weighing around 150 grams, making his the second
> largest find, my the third
> and Patrick's the largest. These finds prompted the
> remaining group members
> to hunt an extra day or two which I am looking
> forward to hearing how they
> did. I hope they will share their individual
> adventures with us. I had a
> blast and will go back again as time permits.
> Glorieta is a brutal hunt and
> I take my hat off to all who have hunted it in the
> past.
>
> Here are a few photos of the hunt and some of the
> finds:
>
> Most of the group (can you put a name with every
> face?)
> http://www.lunarrock.com/glorieta/img_0019.jpg
> Rugged strewn field terrain.
> http://www.lunarrock.com/glorieta/img_0020.jpg
> A very happy Patrick with his 5 kilo find just
> minutes after discovery!
> http://www.lunarrock.com/glorieta/img_0022.jpg
> Celebrating Patrick's find (Thanks for dinner!!).
> http://www.lunarrock.com/glorieta/img_0032.jpg
> My 110.6 gram find, can you see the GPS coordinates
> ;-)
> http://www.lunarrock.com/glorieta/img_0058.jpg
> Three happy campers (L-R Greg, Bob and Patrick)
> http://www.lunarrock.com/glorieta/img_0081.jpg
> L-R - 110.6g, ~150g and ~5-kilo finds.
> http://www.lunarrock.com/glorieta/img_0084.jpg
> 110.6 gram after cleaning.
> http://www.lunarrock.com/glorieta/dsc00001.jpg
> 110.6 gram "The 'Glorieta' Mask" (Do you see the
> eyes, nose and mouth?)
> http://www.lunarrock.com/glorieta/dsc00002.jpg
> 110.6 gram individual - reverse image (note melted
> olivines - black color)
> http://www.lunarrock.com/glorieta/dsc00003.jpg
>
> I hope you enjoyed the photos and brief hunt story.
> I'm too beat up and
> tired from the hunt to write much longer.
>
> Best regards,
> Greg
>
> ====================
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> The Hupe Collection
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> gmhupe at tampabay.rr.com
> www.LunarRock.com
> IMCA 3163
> ====================
>
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