[meteorite-list] La Mancha meteorite hunt.

From: Mirko Graul <m_graul_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 20:13:44 +0200 (CEST)
Message-ID: <434493.13915.qm_at_web26306.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

Hi Mike,

WOW WOW WOW !!!!
Congratulation to this stones.
Thats incredible!
Yes, La Mancha is in moment very difficult to find
pieces.
All fields are plowing.
I think it comes not more material from this area!
But a Tkw under 400g is not much!

Many greetings Mirko


 
--- Michael Farmer <meteoriteguy at yahoo.com> schrieb:

> Hi everyone, I have been a little quiet lately as I
> was in Spain, hunting the La Mancha Eucrite with
> Moritz Karl, Bob Haag, and Robert Ward.
> It was an extremely successful hunt, we recovered 32
> stones in 8 days of hunting, with a total weight of
> just over 100 grams. Not much weight wise, but what
> these meteorites lack in heft, they make up for in
> sheer beauty. I found 10 stones myself for a total
> of
> 38 grams. La Mancha is without a doubt, the most
> beautiful meteorite I have ever had the pleasure of
> finding. Every stone seems to have flow lines, sharp
> needles in the fusion crust, rollover lipping, and
> the
> blackest, most glossy fusion crust I have ever seen.
> The only equivilant meteorites with crust like that
> that comes to mind are Juvinas, Serra de Mage, and
> Stannern. The total know weight of the meteorite is
> still well under 400 grams, so not hardly anything
> for
> collectors. I will not sell any of my stones, they
> are
> too beautiful and I wont hold my breath till the
> next
> one falls like that, it may be centuries.
> I may have time to post some photos, but not sure, I
> am really busy here and not looking to slow down for
> at least another month.
> Sadly 90% or more of the strewnfield has been
> destroyed, it seems that they love to plow the rocks
> every day in Spain. What a terrible loss of those
> meteorites.
> Michael Farmer
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