[meteorite-list] Carancas crater
From: ensoramanda <ensoramanda_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:03:16 +0000 Message-ID: <47C72FA4.9020403_at_ntlworld.com> Michael Farmer wrote: >Tim, it is somewhere in the 10 kilo range, giv or take >a kilo. Of the 10 kilos I know of, about 6 kilograms >was fine dust in baggies. Hans Koser has this >material, he was trying to sell it at the Tucson show. >Moritz Karl and I bought the other ~3 kilos he had, >and most of that is sold now. I have less than 400 >grams of material left for sale. Calr Esparza in >Tucson got around 1.4 kilo with Bob Haag, I bought all >of Bob's share from him. >There is about a kilo in a museum in La Paz, Bolivia. >So around 12 kilos is my estimate of total material >recovered. >Michael Farmer >--- Tim Heitz <midwest at meteorman.org> wrote: > > > >> >> >> >> >>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 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>______________________________________________ >>>http://www.meteoritecentral.com >>>Meteorite-list mailing list >>>Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com >>> >>> >>> >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > >> >> > >______________________________________________ >http://www.meteoritecentral.com >Meteorite-list mailing list >Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > Received on Thu 28 Feb 2008 05:03:16 PM PST |
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