[meteorite-list] Cryptic AZ fall?

From: Greg Stanley <stanleygregr_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:43:48 -0800
Message-ID: <SNT117-W19504E6209CFFFAE8B0559D2B00_at_phx.gbl>

Dave:
 
I inquired about the AZ fall some months back and received little information. I wonder if stones are still being found?
 
Greg S.

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> From: dave at fallingrocks.com
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:55:25 -0500
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Cryptic AZ fall?
>
> 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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