[meteorite-list] SLAGADOCIOUS!

From: Count Deiro <countdeiro_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 17:57:47 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
Message-ID: <16201309.1312073867682.JavaMail.root_at_wamui-hunyo.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

John and Listees,

Your right about not being off a dry lake, but this meteorite was picked up off the surface of an American desert hillside. Your also right about its freshness. We do have some indicative evidence of when it fell and it wasn't all that long ago.

Guido



-----Original Message-----
>From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jul 30, 2011 5:13 PM
>To: "John.L.Cabassi" <John at cabassi.net>
>Cc: Count Deiro <countdeiro at earthlink.net>, meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] SLAGADOCIOUS!
>
>Hi Count,
>
>Congratulations on the find! I must have missed your first post to
>the List about it, or my memory fails me. :)
>
>That stone is certainly not your typical dry lake or desert find, in
>terms of freshness. It's a lot prettier and fresher than the ancient
>weathered finds we see coming out the desert southwest.
>
>I'm curious what the terrestrial age of a stone such as this would be.
> It appears to be quite recent and not thousands or hundreds of years
>old.
>
>I wonder if this stone can be connected to any known bolide events in
>recent memory? It would be great if this find could be fall.
>
>Best regards and happy huntings,
>
>MikeG
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>On 7/30/11, John.L.Cabassi <John at cabassi.net> wrote:
>> Oh and by the way Count, I missed your post. Maybe it was deleted, I
>> don't know but I'm glad you followed through.
>>
>> Cheers
>> John Cabassi
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
>> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Count
>> Deiro
>> Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2011 2:48 PM
>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] SLAGADOCIOUS!
>>
>>
>> Had a bit of trouble posting this, so excuse me if it's a duplicate...or
>> a triple!
>>
>> Hello Listees,
>>
>> Last month, some may recall that I sent out photos depicting a
>> suspicious looking 108 gram find made 3/23/11 and asking for opinions.
>> The general consensus was terrestrial and probably slag. I agreed
>> initially with my respected and more experienced colleagues, but
>> curiosity over traits that could be seen only by having the specimen in
>> hand overcame my cheapness and I sent 22+ grams off to be classified.
>>
>> Today, I am pleased to announce that the unusal slag like exterior
>> concealed an extremely fresh (WO/.1) L5 OC with an uncommon petrography.
>> Efforts are under way to recover additional finds in the field, so I
>> pray indulgence until we release the location which is in the western
>> USA.
>>
>> http://s1090.photobucket.com/albums/i361/Airmuseum1/METEORITE%20FINDS%20
>> 2/
>>
>> Their out there....good hunting,
>>
>> Count Deiro
>> IMCA 3536
>>
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Received on Sat 30 Jul 2011 08:57:47 PM PDT