[meteorite-list] New househitting meteorite fall from Mexico

From: meteoriteguy.com <mike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 18:58:55 -0700
Message-ID: <A9CB4E93-AFD4-45D2-AEBA-2CCE6F7D9A2A_at_meteoriteguy.com>

Mwana Wikio means "hard working child" in kikuyu, the local tribe language.

Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 1, 2011, at 6:54 PM, "Richard Montgomery" <rickmont at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Mwana Wikio....my vote....a name worthy of the aesthetic! Rolls off the tongue (roof of my mouth?)
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Farmer" <mike at meteoriteguy.com>
> To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; "karmaka" <karmaka at email.de>
> Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 10:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New househitting meteorite fall from Mexico
>
>
> It fell in 4 different villages, Graystone, Muguga, Kihum Wiri and Mwana Wikio. I wanted Mwana Wikio, but it does not exist in a database of names, nor does any of them, but they exist, they are real villages and it should be named for where it fell. Kihum Wiri is where the first stone fell and the largest pieces were found, it is mentioned in the newspaper and news reports. It has the best chance of approval by the nomcom. I hate to call it Thika, nearest large town with is more than 10 miles away.
> Michael Farmer
>
>
>
> W--- On Thu, 9/1/11, karmaka <karmaka at email.de> wrote:
>
>> From: karmaka <karmaka at email.de>
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New househitting meteorite fall from Mexico
>> To: "Michael Farmer" <mike at meteoriteguy.com>, Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Date: Thursday, September 1, 2011, 11:29 AM
>> Two names for this fall?
>>
>> Mwana Wikio
>>
>> and
>>
>> Kihum Wiri
>>
>> Martin
>>
>>
>> -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: "Michael Farmer" <mike at meteoriteguy.com>
>> Gesendet: 01.09.2011 18:24:55
>> An: "Michael Gilmer" <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
>> Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] New househitting meteorite
>> fall from Mexico
>>
>> >It will be submitted and classified like every other
>> meteorite, not sure why it would not be accepted, have all
>> data needed.
>> >Will be building a page about it as soon as I can, a
>> little tired with more than 45000 miles flown in the last
>> month.
>> >
>> >Kihum Wiri (proposed name of the Kenya fall) is an L6,
>> submitted yesterday for nomcom approval. Also a
>> househitter.
>> >Michael Farmer
>> >
>> >--- On Thu, 9/1/11, Michael Gilmer <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> From: Michael Gilmer <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
>> >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New househitting
>> meteorite fall from Mexico
>> >> To: "Michael Farmer" <mike at meteoriteguy.com>
>> >> Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> >> Date: Thursday, September 1, 2011, 10:22 AM
>> >> Awesome score!
>> >>
>> >> Is this going to be officially recognized as a
>> fall by the
>> >> Meteoritical Society?
>> >>
>> >> I'm curious because now I need to update my recent
>> falls
>> >> page -
>> >> http://www.galactic-stone.com/pages/falls
>> >>
>> >> There are three other hammer falls from 2007 -
>> >>
>> >> Cali - which Mike Farmer is very familiar with.
>> ;)
>> >>
>> >> Carancas - the Peruvian crater-maker.
>> >>
>> >> Mahadevpur - India.
>> >>
>> >> PS - the first link you posted tries to open as
>> an
>> >> octet-stream file,
>> >> and I couldn't get it to open properly.
>> >>
>> >> Best regards,
>> >>
>> >> MikeG
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >> Galactic Stone & Ironworks - Meteorites &
>> Amber
>> >> (Michael Gilmer)
>> >>
>> >> Website - http://www.galactic-stone.com
>> >> Facebook - http://tinyurl.com/42h79my
>> >> News Feed - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516
>> >> Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone
>> >> EOM - http://www.encyclopedia-of-meteorites.com/collection.aspx?id=1564
>> >>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 9/1/11, Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > Hello all, one week after getting stones in
>> Kenya last
>> >> sunday I bought
>> >> > pieces of my househitter from Muguga which
>> had been
>> >> sent all night by bus
>> >> > from Mombassa, I flew to Mexico and this
>> sunday bought
>> >> another stone, a
>> >> > househitter from San Juan Ocotan, Zapopan,
>> >> Guadalajara.
>> >> >
>> >> > This meteorite 1,369 grams. This location is
>> on the
>> >> edge of the city, next
>> >> > to a massive air force base.
>> >> >
>> >> > It fell in September 2007, exact date
>> unknown.
>> >> It fell at ~3:00 am and
>> >> > smashed through a very poor house which had a
>> tile
>> >> roof covered with a tarp
>> >> > and smashed into mud bricks. The stone still
>> has marks
>> >> of the blue tarp, and
>> >> > the tile and mud bricks embedded in the
>> stone. It was
>> >> used for two years to
>> >> > hold open a shop door by the homeowner and
>> seen by
>> >> another man who
>> >> > recognized it as something special and
>> acquired it. He
>> >> finally emailed me
>> >> > asking if it was a meteorite.
>> >> >
>> >> > I flew to Guadalajara and bought it this
>> weekend. It
>> >> is in perfect
>> >> > condition, never damaged or cleaned
>> thankfully, and
>> >> while the owners family
>> >> > wanted to smash it to see inside, he never
>> did!
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Quite a score, a Mexican hammerstone that
>> appears to
>> >> be a L or LL3!
>> >> >
>> >> > Not for sale
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > http://meteoriteguy.com/guadalajara
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > http://meteoriteguy.com/mexicometeorite.JPG
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> ______________________________________________
>> >> > Visit the Archives at
>> >> > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html
>> >> > Meteorite-list mailing list
>> >> > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> >> > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >______________________________________________
>> >Visit the Archives at >http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html
>> >Meteorite-list mailing list
>> >Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
>>
>>
> ______________________________________________
> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html
> Meteorite-list mailing list
> Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
>
Received on Thu 01 Sep 2011 09:58:55 PM PDT