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

From: Jeff Kuyken <info_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 18:32:00 +1100
Message-ID: <FF50435F73D9453FABA6A48BE85903EB_at_JeffPC>

Congrats on those wonderful finds Ruben. That 'achondrite' looking stone has
stumped me a little.

The first thing I thought of before a close look at the pics was a
Mesosiderite which explains a number of the features present. But the thing
that really threw me was the chondrules. Maybe it's just me, but it looks
like there are quite a few of them there. Those last couple of pics looks at
least a little like a breccia of chondrite material mixed in. The last pic
has what looks like a number of bleached chondrules and fragments of them
too. Is that what I'm seeing Ruben or does it look different in 'person'? It
will be VERY interesting to see where the oxygen isotopes plot for this one.

Cheers,

Jeff



----- Original Message -----
From: "Ruben Garcia" <mrmeteorite at gmail.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 7:15 AM
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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