[meteorite-list] Carancas crater

From: Tim Heitz <midwest_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:44:12 -0600
Message-ID: <003001c87a42$4ddf2900$d7160c46_at_D9KX1Z71>

Has any one ever determined how much of was recovered?

Thanks,
Tim





----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Farmer" <meteoriteguy at yahoo.com>
To: "Adam Hupe" <raremeteorites at yahoo.com>; "Adam"
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 12:55 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Carancas crater


> Adam
> You told everyone on this list that Carancas was not a
> crater, you have been proven wrong, I was proven right
> with the papers in the news this week, I am merely
> clarifying that, nothing more.
> Now, what problem is it of mine that uneducated idiots
> pissed in the crater? Does that ruin the event, make
> it useless, wipe it from the history books? It was
> handled fine on my end, things just got bad when
> police tried to steal all of our money. What is your
> advice, should I have gone to the president of Peru?
> When you are in the crap, you make decisions on the
> spot, it is not as easy as sitting at your desk and
> typing emails. The locals were nice, just poor people
> who had no idea what was going on, the government was
> inept and corrupt, and the police took advantage of
> the situation to try and rob us, then the proverbial
> crap hit the fan from all sides. Oh well, the crater
> was studied, a tiny amount of the meteorite was saved,
> and the rest, as they say, it history.
> Michael Farmer
> --- Adam Hupe <raremeteorites at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Mike and List,
>>
>> I conceded the point long ago that the term crater
>> also applies to the Carancas event. I also stated
>> that there are different types of craters and this
>> one
>> falls into the impact pit category as was the case
>> with the Sikhote Alin event. Some of the craters
>> (impact pits) left by Sikhote Alin were also
>> explosive
>> embedding pieces of the meteorite in trees and yet
>> Ninninger, along with dozens of scientists referred
>> to
>> them as impact pits. I admit the definition is
>> somewhat hazy is why I qualified the term with "To
>> me,"
>>
>> My only problem with the Carancas thing is that was
>> over-hyped from the beginning with much
>> misinformation
>> surrounding it. Then, no respect was given to the
>> occurrence and a circus soon followed. People will
>> treat you the way you allow them, the same applies
>> to
>> the Carancas event. Trash was thrown into the
>> impact
>> pit, people relieved themselves into it and greed
>> soon
>> became a problem. I think if the event was handled
>> in
>> a more professional matter, I would not have a
>> problem
>> with it. The way it stands, I have zero respect for
>> the way it was handled.
>>
>> The last from me on this,
>>
>> Adam
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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Received on Thu 28 Feb 2008 02:44:12 PM PST