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

From: Jim Wooddell <nf114ec_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2012 06:50:33 -0700
Message-ID: <4mh1msaao3tch6l88afas4am.1346939433201_at_email.android.com>

Great post! Thanks! Jim


Jim Wooddell - Mobile

W&S Schroer <schroer at bigpond.com> wrote:

>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
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>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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