[meteorite-list] Another almost overlooked meteorite - USA this time (DATIL)

From: Mendy Ouzillou <ouzillou_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 21:21:24 -0700
Message-ID: <02b201cd9c67$8f1efe30$ad5cfa90$_at_com>

Congrats to Rob Lenssen on NWA 7449.

I also wanted to give a shout-out to Michael Cottingham who has the
following story on the DATIL meteorite listed on eBay:
"This is one that I have been working on for a number of years.
Classification is complete and information has been submitted to the
Meteoritical Bulletin for approval. It has been submitted as a witnessed
fall, because I have spent over 500 hours of hunting and using witness
interviews and video footage from Sandia National Laboratory to find the
witnessed fall from September 13th, 2007. This is very rugged and empty
country. Witnesses were few, but enough to narrow it down. I started hunting
for this 3 months after the reported fall, and found my first individual on
April 11, 2010. The weathering grade of W0 is significant because it is more
than likely it is from the fireball of September 13th, 2007. Below is the
official information submitted. It is up to the committee to determine if it
will be a fall or a find. However, with a weathering grade of "0", it is a
very fresh meteorite regardless."

You can see this beautiful L6-melt breccias (not yet listed in the MetBul)
here: http://bit.ly/OVKZgf

This really is a gorgeous meteorite and wanted our community to see it.
Here is my slice:http://bit.ly/PpmyDJ

Regards,
Mendy
Received on Thu 27 Sep 2012 12:21:24 AM PDT