[meteorite-list] Fireball in a Box

From: debfred at att.net <debfred_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 03:04:14 +0000
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List members,
I am rather pleased tonight as I sit here in snowy Colorado. I have in my hands a rock that I first saw streaking across the night sky glowing more brightly than the Sun. My wife and I were returning from a friends birthday party after midnight some nine years ago when we saw a fireball streak low across the southern sky. We spent several days over the next few years searching for this meteorite we were sure must be waiting for us. Two years after the fireball a five year old boy found the first piece and the main mass of the Elbert meteorite. I am
fortunate to have obtained a piece of this LL6 fall. I am wondering how many of
you have a meteorite that you first saw as a glowing object flying through the
sky. I know I feel unbelievably fortunate to have such a piece. I believe that
three stones from elbert have been recovered and two of them are in the Denver
Museum of Nature and Science. My piece came from the mass recovered by the now
12 year old Dustin Riffel. Regards, Fred Olsen, Denver
Received on Thu 01 Mar 2007 10:04:14 PM PST