[meteorite-list] A Rare Arizona Meteorite Find plus a possible "NEW" New Mexico Strewnfield

From: Ruben Garcia <mrmeteorite_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 16:44:18 -0700
Message-ID: <80659e1a0910051644g3c28ac15q50ae69df27b643a4_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Melanie,

I have been asked that question and to honest I don't know.

Ruben




On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Melanie Matthews
<spacewoman2775 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> That's a really cool rock, Ruben! Are you going to sell any of it after you
> get the results? I'd like a piece of it..
>
> Cheers
>
> -----------
> Melanie
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>
> Unclassified meteorites are like a box of chocolates... you never know what
> you're gonna get!
>
>
>> Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 13:15:26 -0700
>> From: mrmeteorite at gmail.com
>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] A Rare Arizona Meteorite Find plus a possible
>> "NEW" New Mexico Strewnfield
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> On September 24, 2009 I made (what I think will be) one of the most
>> important Arizona meteorite finds of my life. I found what is probably
>> a very rare achondrite meteorite. I say probably because no one can
>> definitively say what type it is just by looking. It is currently
>> being classified at ASU by Lawrence Garvie ? so we will soon know.
>>
>> Here is a link
>> http://www.mr-meteorite.net/ararearizonafind.htm
>>
>>
>> This past weekend ? in an attempt to find more - I put together a team
>> of top notch meteorite hunters (Mike Miller, Sonny Clary, Stan Wall,
>> Del Waterbury, Mike Morgan and Myself). Unfortunately, between the
>> rains and mud we came up empty.
>>
>> After checking the weather (online) with a very helpful Susan Morrison
>> we decided that in order to get out of the rain we needed to head
>> east. Within a sort time we found ourselves in an area in New Mexico
>> where no finds have been recorded.
>>
>> We hunted for an hour or two when I spotted Mike Morgan and Del
>> examining a stone. Sure enough Del had found his first cold find and
>> it was a very fresh looking meteorite! Mike Morgan was next to find
>> one and then shortly after I did too.
>>
>> We think this may prove to be a ?NEW? and very fresh New Mexico Strewn
>> field. Time will tell as we return to hunt for more of these
>> beautifully crusted specimens in the weeks to come.
>>
>> Take a look
>> http://www.mr-meteorite.net/newmexicometeorites.htm
>>
>>
>> Ruben Garcia
>> Phoenix, Arizona
>> WWW.Mr-Meteorite.Net
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