[meteorite-list] Battle Mountain Field report / cold finds while hunting for hot stones

From: W&S Schroer <schroer_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 15:52:11 +0930
Message-ID: <A79E4FC3BAEE4EC696ADF3A3C177B662_at_WernerPC>

Hi Jim, listees,

in 1994 the town Broken Hill in the Australian Outback was shaken by a
super-sonic sound and a meteor was seen crossing the sky. As it happens so
often, most people believed that the rock would have fallen somewhere nearby
and hundreds of people went out and searched for it in the semi-desert.
Initially, nothing was found, but a persistent hunter eventually discovered
a 34 kg meteorite some 20 miles out of town that had been there for
thousands of years.

It was eventually classified as a L5 Chondrite and named 'Broken Hill' and
I'm the proud owner of an almost 3 kg slice, the largest mass in private
hands. An additional bonus is the fact that after living in Broken Hill for
the last 17 years it has become my second hometown.

My first hometown was Gutersloh in Germany where I spent my youth and where
on the 17th of April 1851 a 1 kg meteorite was seen falling out of the sky.
It was classified as a H3/4 and named 'Gutersloh' and I'm the proud owner of
a 0.065 g 'mass'.

Now who can beat that? :)

Cheers

Werner Schroer
Australia

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what would be odd be while looking for a fresh fall, an old Fall is found???
has that ever happened?
Greg I think your popcorn bag blew up! it's raining popcorn here!!!!
I just started my second bag ;)
Jim

Jim Wooddell - Mobile

Adam Hupe <raremeteorites at yahoo.com> wrote:

>I have not seen any of this material first-hand but I was thinking the same
>thing when I saw Bob Verish's images. Perhaps it rained in Northern Nevada
>or many times fresh falls take on a brownish hue. If the miner's stone was
>found within a few hours of the fall, then I would think the stones have a
>natural brownish hue or it could be the white balance is off on the digital
>camera.
>
>
>Happy hunting,
>
>Adam
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Mike Tettenborn <tett at rogers.com>
>To: wahlperry at aol.com
>Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>Sent: Wednesday, September 5, 2012 12:40 PM
>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Battle Mountain Field report / strewn field
>conditions / etc.
>
>I had the exact same impression. This one looks like a somewhat weathered
>NWA.
>
>Could be the lighting.
>
>But, Adam Hupe reported multiple finds so far so this could be legit.
>
>tett
>
>
>Mike Tettenborn
>Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
>tett at rogers.com
>
>
>
>On 2012-09-05, at 2:49 PM, wahlperry at aol.com wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I have posted a few pictures of the strewnfield and a large chondrite on
>> my website.A couple of the roads in the area will be posted with No
>> trespassing signs later this week. The reason is for mine safety
>> regulations.The project supervisor was very nice and explained the
>> biggest concern is safety.If anything was to happen on the mining clam,
>> the site would be shut down.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Sonny
>>
>>
>> http://www.nevadameteorites.com/nevadameteorites/Battle_Mt.html
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