[meteorite-list] California Only Meteorite HammerStone UnderDozers

From: John.L.Cabassi <John_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 19:46:18 -0700
Message-ID: <B2A18904D09A47B180E091C06874610B_at_anitak9bz49jy2>

G'Day Mark, Dirk, Mike and List
I'm only a stone throw away from (no pun intended) from San Juan
Capistrano. I ventured down there a few times to do some relic
searching, but to get permission is very hard, but it's not inhospitable
to hunting. As for development, I have one going on across the road at
the moment, the neighborhood vented concern but the money bags said they
would be only single family homes and would not increase traffic. Well
the traffic has increased ten fold, now they're 3 story New York style
lofts. Can't trust anybody these days. I know the economy is bad and
people need to make a buck, but they're not the ones responsible, it's
the land developers. Damn, I called the police the other night because
they were working till 9.00pm, should have finished at 7pm and the cops
just blew me off.

But Mark, I'll make a call and see what I can do.

Cheers
John Cabassi
IMCA # 2125

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Michael Gilmer
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 7:12 PM
To: drtanuki
Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] California Only Meteorite HammerStone
UnderDozers


Hi Marc, Dirk and List,

I am unfamiliar with the terrain in this area - is it good for meteorite
hunting, or inhospitable to hunting? Have any other stones
ever been found? (other than the initial finds) An H6 chondrite is
robust and resilient, so there could be more.

Best regards,

MikeG

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On 6/1/11, drtanuki <drtanuki at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dear Marc and List, (Sorry this did not post earlier)
> Thank you for your urgent plea. The list may be unaware that this is
> California`s ONLY known HAMMER Meteorite and thus more "important" for

> some.... San Juan Capistrano
> Capt. Blood does your ship have a crew???
>
> MetSocBul entry http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=23128
>
> San Juan Capistrano H6
> FALL OF THE SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, STONY METEORITE
> Name: SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO
> Place of fall: San Juan Capistrano, California, U.S.A. 33?29'05"N,
> 117?39'45"W. Date of fall: March 15, 1973, between midnight and 0400,
> Pacific Standard Time.
> Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H6).
> Number of individual specimens: 2
> Total weight: 56g
> Circumstances of fall: The largest piece, 50.5 g, penetrated the
aluminum
> sheeting roof of a carport in a mobile-home park and was picked up on
the
> carport floor several hours later. The second smaller fragment, 5.5 g,
was
> discovered about one month after the fall in the gutter of the carport
roof.
> Source: R. C. Finkel, D. Lal and K. Marti. 1973. Cosmicray record in
the San
> Juan Capistrano meteorite. Meteoritics 8, 365.
>
> Best Regards, Dirk Ross...Tokyo
>
>
> --- On Thu, 6/2/11, Marc Fries <mfries8 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Marc Fries <mfries8 at hotmail.com>
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] CA Meteorite fall site goes under the
>> bulldozer
>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Date: Thursday, June 2, 2011, 9:31 AM
>> Howdy all
>>
>> This isn't new news at this point, but the
>> site of the San Juan Capistrano meteorite fall is on its way to
>> becoming a "172 acre mixed use development". I've tried repeatedly
>> to contact the developers and ask for permission to search for
>> meteorites on the ground they clear, to no avail. I offered my time
>> for free so they could donate any meteorites I found to local schools

>> and what-not, but they're not buying. The last time I called the
>> secretary put me straight to voicemail. In case anyone else would
>> like to try their hand at this, here's the company doing the
>> bulldozing:
>>
>> http://advancedonline.com/ares/
>>
>> Look under "current projects" for "The
>> Meadows at San Juan Capistrano". They will be (already
>> are?) clearing land adjacent to the trailer park where the only
>> pieces of SJC were recovered. Here's a Google Map centered on the
>> Meteoritical Society database coords for the
>> fall:
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/3q5oaxa
>>
>> This development has met some resistance in
>> the local community and was covered extensively by the local media.
>> I do wonder how it would go over if the media were made aware that
>> this development will probably bury meteorites from one of only two
>> California falls.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Marc Fries
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