[meteorite-list] The bet - Sutter Mill

From: Michael Gilmer <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 11:45:59 -0400
Message-ID: <CAKBPJW83W+7bUCKxxdcK3q9h85+ODTeXfi5ZNzRfc8wACF=wcw_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Gang,

I think this theory is not too far off the mark. Imagine if Tagish
Lake had been smaller pieces and spread out over the Sutter's Mill
strewnfield. Much of it would be pulverized. Did anyone catch any
photos of the dust cloud? I've seen some photos, but nothing yet that
shows a dust cloud.

I just updated the tally page to reflect Dr. Jennisken's latest update
and to reconcile it against what I learned last night. A couple of
the existing stones were reported and assigned SM numbers. The report
of the big stone on Facebook last night, turned out to be the new
Carey stone main mass (35.1g).

Does anyone know the fate of the new main mass? Is it being donated?
Is it being sold? Did anyone buy it yet? What's the asking price?
Inquiring minds want to know. ;)

The current unofficial TKW is 363.84g

Tally page - http://www.galactic-stone.com/pages/lotus

Best regards and happy huntings,

MikeG

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On 5/8/12, Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com> wrote:
> This is a fragile meteorite, while there is little doubt that the strew
> field is large and thousands of pieces are on the ground, I also believe
> that there are unlikely to be many larger pieces. I think most of it
> shattered into dust and small pieces. It is much more fragile than Murchison
> or Murray.
> Michael Farmer
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May 8, 2012, at 6:35 AM, "Jim Wooddell" <nf114ec at npgcable.com> wrote:
>
>> The other day at breakfast with Dr. Peter Jenniskens, I bet him a $1
>> that this meteor went "Puff" during the explosion (three break ups???),
>> blowing
>> and burning it to less than dust where no big stones (Kilo sized) are
>> going to be found.
>> Nothing I can see in the strewn (on the ground) really even indicates a
>> sizeable
>> strewn field.
>> While I hope I am wrong and I loose that bet, I think these stones are
>> going to
>> be really rare in collections and not everyone is going to get a chance of
>> having these
>> in not only institutional collections for research , but private
>> collections as well.
>>
>>
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Jim Wooddell
>> http://k7wfr.us
>>
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