[meteorite-list] Berduc, Argentina Fall Expedition

From: Michael Farmer <meteoriteguy_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:39:11 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <473111.82891.qm_at_web33107.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Darren, yes, it seems a little quiet, seems there is
not much interest today, why I can't figure out, we
only have 4 or 5 falls a year, so I would think more
people would reply.
We were also discussing strangling some of those
birds:) their gizzards could be full of meteorites and
Robert is no longer a fan of large flightless birds.

Stones are actually rare there, not much more than
agates on the riverbeds. We hung out at the Uruguay
river, and picked up bags full of red and orange
agates.
This is definately a fall with a large amount of small
stones.
Michael Farmer
--- Darren Garrison <cynapse at charter.net> wrote:

> On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:14:26 -0400, you wrote:
>
> >Dear List Members,
> >
> >Mike Farmer asked me to forward his email to the
> List in regards to our
> >recent expedition to investigate the Berduc,
> Argentina meteorite fall. At
> >the bottom are links to his web pages he built
> describing it.
>
> >
> >http://meteoriteguy.com/berducfall1.htm
> >
> >http://meteoriteguy.com/berducfall2.htm
>
>
> Just read the pages. Since this fall had some of
> those "hammer stones" some
> people are so obsessed with, I'm suprised that
> hasn't had comments, yet. Sounds
> like a Pultusk-like event-- lots and lots of small
> stones.
>
> BTW, the birds? Rhea. Only 3 types of giant
> flightless birds around now
> (though there were many more that became extinct in
> the last few thousand years
> thanks to humans). Rheas in South America, Emus in
> Australia, and Ostriches in
> Africa. I'd say that the chances are high that some
> of those meteorites will
> end up inside some of those birds.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastrolith
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