[meteorite-list] Cali, Colombia meteorite tidbit

From: dmouat <dmouat_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:57:23 -0700
Message-ID: <46A8D273.9010607_at_dri.edu>

Alex
At nearly 2,000 Colombian pesos to the weak US dollar, it still comes
out to about $US250 to $US1,250, a fair chunk of change
my two Colombian cents worth
Dave

Alexander Seidel wrote:

>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
>
>
>
>-------- Original-Nachricht --------
>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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