[meteorite-list] Cali links, and sales information

From: Michael Farmer <meteoriteguy_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:10:36 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <506742.83241.qm_at_web33105.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Alex, indeed it is better to try than to not. I am
most pleased of course with the stones I brought home.
We have people down there working for us, trying to
locate more, but other than stones possibly found in
the streets by locals, I don't see much more coming.
The sugarcane photos need no further explanation, that
would be impossible to hunt now. They are some months
from harvest I was told, and with the fields covered
in water, you know what that will do to a fresh
meteorite, they will all be rotted out if any more are
found later. As fast as the meteorites seem to have
been moving for such small stones to do so much
damage, I would think anything larger would have
penetrated deep into the mud in the fields, then after
months of being under water, you know that they will
be buried and never seen again. I do not have much
hope of recovering from the fields sadly. Logic tells
me that they will all be destroyed.
Michael Farmer
--- Alexander Seidel <gsac at gmx.net> wrote:

> Thanks Mike, for all the documentation. Glad to hear
> you and
> your companion made it home safely.
>
> Too bad most of this fall is obviously lost to the
> sugarcane
> fields and dumps out there, but then again part of
> those 297 g
> will be good for science and the delight of a few
> collectors.
> "Small is better than nothing", and taking the
> chances and
> facing the challenges is better than staying at
> home, right?
>
> Any chances that more may be found later after
> harvesting the
> sugarcane fields, i.e. are the owners of the fields
> and others
> aware of this and somehow on alert, after the word
> has been
> spreaded? Anyway, rain and moisture will probably do
> a faster
> job here as time goes by...
>
> Alex
> Berlin/Germany
>
>
>
> > Ok, some updates made to the webpages, and one
> more
> > page up with CALI 001 photos and information.
> >
> >
>
http://meteoriteguy.com/califall/CALIcolombiafall.htm
> >
> > http://www.meteoriteguy.com/califall/cali001.htm
> >
> >
> > I have been swamped with requests for pieces. I
> must
> > tell the list that there is virtually nothing for
> > sale.
> > Robert Ward has several small fragments, and we
> have
> > agreed to sell all of them on ebay, so the can go
> to
> > the highest bidder, to whoever wants them most.
> This
> > will be 4 or 5 pieces, one tiny micro from Cali
> #004,
> > which as of now is the main mass and is in my
> > possesion. Robert found a tiny fusion crusted
> fragment
> > on the roof when I bought the stone.
> > The rest are form Cali#002 which I also own, this
> one
> > hit the roof in Antonio Narino and landed in a
> shower.
> > I think he has 4 pieces of that one, ~1/4 gram or
> so
> > each. All are fusion crusted.
> > Since the total known weight of this fall is
> almost
> > exactly ~297 grams, I would expect these pieces to
> > sell for thousands of $$$ per gram. The 25 gram
> stone
> > is already spoken for.
> >
> >
> > We will be working out the ebay details in the
> next
> > few days, but you should see the first piece go up
> > over the weekend.
> >
> > Michael Farmer
> >
> >
> >
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