[meteorite-list] New Fall
From: Armando Afonso <armandoafonso_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 19:57:39 -0000 Message-ID: <000801c87fc4$54ec50b0$62b0fea9_at_TOSHIBA> Spain, right? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leigh Anne DelRay" <delraygoddess at yahoo.com> To: <mccartney at blackbearddata.com>; <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 7:53 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New Fall > ha.. I love how McCartney makes it into a game.. > congrats on your finds. > > -Leigh Anne > > > --- mccartney <mccartney at blackbearddata.com> wrote: > >> I've just returned from a new fall. It looked like >> everyone missed this fall, so I went. >> >> I spent 2 weeks down there hunting down stones, and >> canvasing the area house by house. Its mainly >> agricultural land and dominated by vineyards. >> Unfortunately, there is never plowing in vineyards, >> so no more stones will be found. (maybe 1 or 2 in >> the coming years) Most of my time was spent in >> public outreach and teaching people how to identify >> stones. >> >> TKW is 5 kg at this time. I recovered 2.3kg. Looks >> like an H4 or H5 Ordinary Chondrite. >> >> Conditions were not good for recovery, almost all >> stones punched into the soft ground 1/4 meters. >> Those stones that were recovered were because they >> hit near someone or hit a road. >> >> http://texasmeteoritelab.com/x/img_1241.jpg >> http://texasmeteoritelab.com/x/img_1299.jpg >> http://texasmeteoritelab.com/x/img_1257.jpg >> >> I've got to get my saw up and running and cut >> specimens in the next few days. I'll post more >> details later. >> >> Anyone want to guess which country the fall was in? >> >> -mt >> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com >> > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > Received on Thu 06 Mar 2008 02:57:39 PM PST |
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