[meteorite-list] Cryptic AZ fall?

From: Bob Holmes <beardownbob_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:10:06 -0700
Message-ID: <2bc48ad00911041610o535c3912w7dc1e006794a4798_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hello List-

Great post Dave. With all this talk of the West fall, I am surprised
at the lack of interest in the AZ fall. There has been much less
recovered and the tale of Jack's recovery effort provides an equally
(if not moreso) interesting story.

Further, I have not seen any of this new fall offered publicly. Good
fortune allowed me to get a few smaller pieces.

I am curious how its value compares to West.

Cheers,
Bob Holmes


On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Dave Gheesling <dave at fallingrocks.com> wrote:
> What is the official name of the meteorite that fell in southern Arizona
> this summer? ?Heard it was "Benson" from someone. ?Everybody was looking for
> that one, but it's been quiet since Jack Schrader posted his announcement.
> This is probably because of all the other distractions.
>
> Stone number one was recovered by Schrader, a meteorite hunter, less than 45
> hours after the fall. ?That's a first, at least here in the United States.
> Only European meteorite hunter Thomas Grau, I think, has triangulated and
> personally recovered the first stone from a fall before Schrader? ?Not
> nearly as quickly as Schrader found his piece, but almost improbable to
> believe this could happen twice in the same year and never before! ?Everyone
> out in the southwest hunted for the meteorite, but presumably no one else
> found a piece.
>
> Memory tells me that Schrader was very concerned with doing good field
> science around this fall - with documenting the event and mapping the strewn
> field? ?Only a few hunters were brought into his recovery project.
> Unusually enough, virtually nothing has been said publicly about this "new
> Arizona fall." ?Not until today, anyway.
>
> This is the first step towards formally introducing the meteorite to the
> public. ?Arizona's second-ever witnessed fall. ?It has been a real honor to
> have documented the event and recovery for Schrader. ?Now, whether you
> realize it or not, the meteorite's name is staring right at you. ?Shouldn't
> take long.so, who's going to be the first to figure it out?
>
> Dave Gheesling
> IMCA #5967
> www.fallingrocks.com
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