[meteorite-list] Livingston Fall Worth A Million Dollars!

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 15:51:32 -0400
Message-ID: <t2me51421551004171251ja2bf1ce0v38b43850dd31f39f_at_mail.gmail.com>

"Something this big only happens once every few years," Mr. Farmer said. "It
> will be like a gold rush."

Every few months is more like it. ;)

2010 -

Jan 18, 2010 - "Lorton" (unofficial) (L6 chondrite?) : Virginia USA (Hammer)
Feb 28, 2010 - "Kosice" (unofficial) (H5 chondrite?) : Czech Republic/Slovakia
Apr 14, 2010 - "Livingston" (unofficial) (H chondrite?) : Wisconsin USA

2009 -

Jan 17, 2009 - Maribo (CM2 carbonaceous chondrite) : Denmark
Feb 15, 2009 - Ash Creek (L6 chondrite) : Texas USA (Hammer)
Apr 09, 2009 - Jesenice (L6 chondrite) : Slovenia
Jun 23, 2009 - Whetstone Mountains (H5 chondrite) : Arizona USA
Sep 25, 2009 - Grimsby (H5 chondrite) : Canada (Hammer)

2008 -

Jan 23, 2008 - Santa Lucia 2008 (L6 chondrite) : Argentina
Mar 23, 2008 - Daule (L5 chondrite) : Ecuador
Apr 06, 2008 - Berduc (L6 chondrite) : Argentina
Sep 12, 2008 - Sulagiri (LL6 chondrite) : India
Oct 07, 2008 - Almahata Sitta (Ureilite) : Sudan
Nov 20, 2008 - Buzzard Coulee (H4 chondrite) : Canada
Dec 20, 2008 - Tamdakht (H5 chondrite) : Morocco

2007 -

Feb 01, 2007 - Dim Dim (H3-5 chondrite) : Turkey
Feb 21, 2007 - Mahadevpur (H4/5 chondrite) : India (Hammer)
May 10, 2007 - Puerto LaPice (Eucrite) : Spain
Jul 02/03, 2007 - Chergach (H5 chondrite) : Mali
Jul 06, 2007 - Cali (H/L4 chondrite) : Columbia (Hammer)
Jul 20, 2007 - Bunburra Rockhole (Eucrite) : Australia
Sep 15, 2007 - Carancas (H4-5 chondrite) : Peru (Hammer and Crater Maker)

2006 -

May 21, 2006 - Werdama (H5 chondrite) : Libya
Jul 14, 2006 - Moss (CO3.6 carbonaceous chondrite) : Norway (Hammer)
Jul 31, 2006 - Jodaya (L5 chondrite) : India
Aug 29, 2006 - Kavarpura (Iron IIE-an) : India
Oct 16, 2006 - Bassikounou (H5 chondrite) : Mauritania

2005 - None.

2004 -

Jan 04, 2004 - Villabeto de la Pena (L6 chondrite) : Spain
Aug 01, 2004 - Maigatari-Danduma (H5/6 chondrite) : Nigeria
Oct 05, 2004 - Berthoud (Eucrite) : Colorado USA
Oct 28, 2004 - Kaprada (L5/6 chondrite) : India
Nov 08, 2004 - Orlando (Eucrite) : Florida USA (Hammer)
Nov 22, 2004 - Benguerir (LL6 chondrite) : Morocco

2003 -

Feb 01, 2003 - Hiroshima (H5 chondrite) : Japan (Hammer)
Mar 26, 2003 - Park Forest (L5 chondrite) : Illinois USA (Hammer)
Mar 30, 2003 - Hoima (H6 chondrite) : Uganda
Sep 23, 2003 - New Orleans (H5 chondrite) : Louisiana USA (Hammer)
Sep 27, 2003 - Kendrapara (H4-5 chondrite) : India
Oct 16, 2003 - Oum Dreyga (H3-5 chondrite) : Rio de Oro
Nov 02, 2003 - Kasauli (H4 chondrite) : India

2002 -

Feb 03-14 2002 - Alby sur Cheran (Eucrite) : France (Hammer)
Feb 11, 2002 - Bensour (LL6 chondrite) : Morocco
Feb 20, 2002 - San Michele (L6 chondrite) : Italy (Hammer)
Apr 06, 2002 - Neuschwanstein (EL6 chondrite) : Germany
Jun 06, 2002 - Bhawad (LL6 chondrite) : India
Jul 05, 2002 - Maromandia (L6 chondrite) : Madagascar
Jul 21, 2002 - Thuathe (H4/5 chondrite) : Lesotho (Hammer)
Jul 21, 2002 - Kilabo (LL6 chondrite) : Nigeria

2001 -

Jan 08, 2001 - Beni M'hira (L6 chondrite) : Tunisia
Feb 08, 2001 - Al Zarnkh (LL5 chondrite) : Sudan
Feb 12, 2001 - Devgaon (H3.8 chondrite) : India
Mar 02, 2001 - Dergaon (H5 chondrite) : India
Jul 09, 2001 - Bukhara (CV3 carbonaceous chondrite) : Uzbekistan

2000 -

Jan 18, 2000 - Tagish Lake (C2-ung carbonaceous chondrite) : Canada
May 06, 2000 - Moravka (H5 chondrite) : Czech Republic
Jul 15, 2000 - Yafa (H5 chondrite) : Yemen
Aug 22, 2000 - Gasseltepaoua (H5 chondrite) : Burkina Faso



On 4/17/10, JoshuaTreeMuseum <joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> This ought to bring them out of the woodwork:
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/17/us/17meteorite.html?src=me
>
>
> Meteorites in Them Thar Fields
>
>
> CHICAGO - On the first day, there was light. On the third day, land - strewn
> with meteorites.
> Related
> Soaring Meteor Lights Up Skies Across the Midwest (April 15, 2010)
> A spectacular meteorite shower that lighted the sky in several Midwestern
> states Wednesday night sent meteorite hunters scrambling to get to
> southwestern Wisconsin during the past two days for the pieces of rock from
> outer space.
> Initial bragging rights went to Terry Boudreaux, a 49-year-old collector
> from the Chicago area. After reports of a fireball in the sky surfaced
> Wednesday night, Mr. Boudreaux calculated the meteorites' path and took his
> two sons out of school Thursday to drive four hours to Livingston, Wis.
> They were dejected after a day of searching in vain, Mr. Boudreaux said,
> when a dairy farmer approached them with a rock he had found in his driveway
> and asked if it was a meteorite.
> "Our first reaction was one of disbelief," Mr. Boudreaux said Friday. "I
> expected it to be a piece of asphalt."
> He said he gave the farmer $200 for the meteorite, which is about the size
> of a quarter, and planned to donate it to the Field Museum of Natural
> History in Chicago. He would not disclose the farm's location because he did
> not want competition when he went back to look for more.
> Paul P. Sipiera, adjunct curator of meteorites at the Field Museum, said the
> fireball effect was a result of friction and heat generated when a meteor
> hit Earth's atmosphere, which caused it to burn up and break apart.
> Michael Farmer, an Arizona collector who was on his way to Wisconsin on
> Friday, said there could be hundreds of meteorites in the vicinity, with a
> total value of as much as $1 million. They are often sold online or to
> museums.
> "Something this big only happens once every few years," Mr. Farmer said. "It
> will be like a gold rush."
>
> ---------------------
> Phil Whitmer
>
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