[meteorite-list] Cali, Colombia meteorite tidbit

From: Alexander Seidel <gsac_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:52:04 +0200
Message-ID: <20070726165204.87670_at_gmx.net>

My Spanish is poor (3 yrs at school, but then again this is more
than 35 yrs ago!), so I tried an Altavista Babelfish translation
from Spanish to English, and got an idea of what the Colombian
newspapers wrote this and the other day.

Thank you, Mike, for the messages, and have a good and safe trip
home with your companion Robert Ward. I bet your families will be
more than glad to see you back home again!

"que oscila entre $500.000 y $2.500.000 cada una."

Is this a hint to what any later commercial offers might be..?? :-)
Well, just kidding. Welcome home, as you read this - you may be on
a plane right now at this moment,

Alex
Berlin/Germany
 


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Datum: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 04:17:45 -0700 (PDT)
Von: Michael Farmer <meteoriteguy at yahoo.com>
An: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Betreff: [meteorite-list] Cali, Colombia meteorite tidbit

> I am up now at 5 am, preparing to leave Colombia in a
> couple of hours, typing with my broken glasses on, so
> forgive any typos please, it is hard for me to see
> this morning. My glasses I use when my contacts are
> out got stepped on in Sweden and I never did get time
> enough at home to repair them.
>
> I should make it home tonight if I can make tight
> airline connections, as I changed my ticket, and so I
> would expect tomorrow to being having photos uploaded
> and a page began. I have hundreds of photos and maps
> to try and deal with, so bear with me on that one.
>
> As of now, 22 days after the fall, there are only 7
> stones found. I do not expect much more if any to be
> found, as the streets (like in Park Forest) would be
> pretty much the only places suitable for hunting. We
> did that for hours yesterday and unfortunately due to
> torrential rains and spotty street sweeping, most are
> already lost to the sewers. When it rains in the
> jungle, let me tell you, it pours!
> The total weight recovered is barely 300-350 grams. I
> know that there are likely many kilos on the ground,
> but when I post the maps, you will understand that it
> is all in the canefields and garbage dump. And
> considering that terrain, absolutely impossible to
> hunt, and the danger to life and limb there, forget
> it. I think some more might be found in the streets,
> but that chance dwindles by the hour as rain and
> cleaning dump them all in the sewer, and that area
> that is populated is where the strewnfield began, so
> only small stones there.
>
> Here is a list of stones with estimated weights (I
> left in such a rush that I forgot my scales, but then
> again, in the drug capital of the world, scales might
> be viewed as something of interest for the customs
> agents).
>
> Cali 001 ~80 grams, roof smasher, sold to a Spanish
> scientist.
>
> Cali 002 ~40-50 grams, roof smasher, I have the main
> mass and the metal roof which Robert and I cut out.
> Much of the stone was lost as police took some
> fragments and no report, and one week of attempts to
> locate that material were in vain.
>
> Cali 003 ~40 grams, complete stone, ~99 % crusted.
> Roof smasher and fridge denter, now owned by Robert
> Ward.
>
> Cali 004 ~120 grams, roof smasher, ~70% complete, some
> frags missing from impact with roof and top of cement
> wall. I own this one and some of the damaged tile
> material. The hole was large and the tile panel over 1
> meter long. We were attempting to get it last night,
> but absolutely impossibe to get within 5 miles of that
> neighborhood at night and it did not work out.
>
> Cali 005 ~12 grams, 90% complete stone, found in
> street a few days after the fall.
>
> Cali 006 ~6 grams, fusion crusted fragment, found very
> close to Cali 0005 in the street gutter, same day as
> that stone.
>
> Cali 007, complete stone, ~85% crusted with chips from
> being run over by cars and some slight oxidation from
> rainfall. Found 8 days after the fall in another
> street. Robert and I bought this one last night, for
> the highest price I have ever paid for a chondrite.
> Astronomical like the Astronomy Clum member who found
> it. But well worth it.
>
> That is it folks, we were hoping that the publicity
> would bring others forward, and thankfully it did,
> that is how I got the Cali 004 stone yesterday, they
> saw offers of cash and finally spoke up. After 8 days
> of non-stop tv, radio and newspaper interviews, I
> think that even that time is passing. Anyone who had a
> stone should have already tried to sell it. Of course
> calls and emails came pouring in but for junk and
> pieces which amazingly fell the same day in FARC
> strongholds hundreds of miles from Cali.
>
> More later, but I have a flight to catch, this should
> tide you over for a day right?
>
> This morning's newspaper.
> http://www.elpais.com.co/HOY/REG/meterin.html
>
> Michael Farmer
>
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Received on Thu 26 Jul 2007 12:52:04 PM PDT


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