[meteorite-list] Coloma, CA More like Lotus, really

From: Marc Fries <mfries8_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 07:13:15 -0700
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That's outstanding! What. Very cool thing to catch on camera.

Sent from my iPhone. Please excuse the brevity and spelling errors, which of course are entirely the fault of this machine.

On May 1, 2012, at 6:44 AM, "Jim Wooddell" <nf114ec at npgcable.com> wrote:

> Hi Mark and all!
>
> The excitement is really closer to Lotus as opposed to Coloma, BTW.
>
> Here is a video that was NOT staged! This fellow (we did not know he was GeoJack until a day later) walked up to us during an interview where the reporter and camera man were trying to get a shot of the radar on my laptop.Geojack's wife had found this stone!
> http://www.fox40.com/videogallery/69658967/News/Sutter%27s-Mill-Meteorite#pl-62897476
>
> Mark, this reporter would probably like to talk to you as part of this was live and part of it was recorded.
>
> This was a nice 8.5g stone that had a small part of the fusion crust missing...absolutely a perfect amount just to see inside of it!
> After this was shot, we went back to filming the laptop and radar view.
>
> During this segment, Geojack brought this meteorite to us on a leather pouch. If you are paying attention to the video, you can just barely see me looking at what was inside that pouch!
>
> As a side note, most of the finds are by women! Thousands of years of finding things for the men has paid off! "Honey, where are my keys?" "Dear, have you seen my wallet?". "Where are my glasses?" ;)
>
> Not 50 yards from where we were standing is where the 17 grammer was found....by a women! There's some science there, I just know it!! :)
>
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> Jim
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> Jim Wooddell
> http://k7wfr.us
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc Fries" <mfries8 at hotmail.com>
> To: "Meteorite-list" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 4:54 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Coloma, CA
>
>
>> Howdy ladies and gents
>>
>> I have an important update for the Coloma fall. This may be my last major update, but I think y'all will like it.
>>
>> For the record, a 10-20 kg CM chondrite would be about a quarter-meter in diameter. Salivating yet? I am.
>>
>> http://radarmeteorites.wordpress.com/2012/04/23/coloma-ca-22-apr-2012-1452-utc/
>>
>> I do have one request. If the media approaches you, please be insistent in pointing out the role that weather radar played in finding this fall and direct them to me. I am NOT fishing for attention for myself - I honestly couldn't care less about it. But media attention is a currency of a sort, and its a currency that I can spend to try to get funding for this work. If I can get funding, then I can produce data like this with better speed and quality, which will help everyone. Most of you already have my phone number - please pass it on to the media.
>>
>> Enjoy!
>> Marc Fries
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Received on Tue 01 May 2012 10:13:15 AM PDT