[meteorite-list] The Year in Falls 2013
From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 21:21:30 -0500 Message-ID: <CAKBPJW9XnbNui_PX8RVn-y-OxOOGnRAa1E1EgxijSL1GCJGmpA_at_mail.gmail.com> Hi Mike and List, Too many falls vanish into obscurity and I am often left wondering what the heck happened. Years later, everyone forgets them and they are lost to science, collectors, and history. They are either unrecovered and rotting in the field, or they are sitting in someone's desk drawer, or what? I cannot emphasize this enough - if you have a meteorite from an unrecorded fall in your possession, please send a 20/20 sample to a reputable institution for analysis and approval. For heaven's sake, it's only 20 grams or 20% of the specimen - shave off a broken spot and send it to the lab for crying out loud. Chelyabinsk alone makes 2013 a great year for falls. Even if it was the only fall of the year, I'd say it was a win for collectors and science. In fact, Chelyabinsk is the "fall of the century" so far, IMO. Best regards and happy huntings, MikeG -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone ------------------------------------------------------------- On 12/19/13, Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com> wrote: > No, that is real, there was a garbage dump fall that was totally fake. > Sadly both the Colombian fall and the Namibian fall vanished into thin air, > likely never to be seen, like the Honduras fall last year, gone forever. > Overall 2013 was a crappy fall year, in collections only Chelyabinsk > available. The German fall is being hoarded, the Connecticut fall is sold I > one collector, Brazil who knows what is happening, the rest seem to be > lost. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Dec 19, 2013, at 6:19 PM, "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" >> <meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Mike, Mike, and List, >> >> It's this fall - >> http://news.xinhuanet.com/tech/2013-07/18/c_125026612.htm >> >> Is this the so-called "garbage dump" fall? I recall hearing something >> about a weird or bogus meteorite around that time, but was it the same >> thing as this Chinese event? >> >> If this one is dubious, then someone please chime in, so I can strike >> it from the record. >> >> Best regards, >> >> MikeG >> >> -- >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com >> Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone >> Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone >> Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> >>> On 12/19/13, Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com> wrote: >>> Is the china fall the garbage dump fall? That wasn't real. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Dec 19, 2013, at 5:15 PM, "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" >>>> <meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Seasons Greetings fellow Fall Watchers, >>>> >>>> The year 2013 was a good one for witnessed falls. >>>> >>>> We started out with our first fall in mid-January - the "Planeta Rica" >>>> fall of January 15th in Colombia. It is assumed to be an ordinary >>>> chondrite, judging from the reports. Do not expect to see this one on >>>> the market or in the Bulletin any time soon. >>>> >>>> Planeta Rica was scarcely noticed when the world was rocked by the >>>> Chelyabinsk event. >>>> >>>> To call Chelyabinsk an "event" is an understatement of cosmic >>>> proportions. On February 15th, the world received a wake-up call that >>>> illustrated how woefully unprepared we are for large-scale meteorite >>>> impacts. Everyone reading this knows what happened and it put the >>>> world of meteorites on every front page paper and television screen in >>>> the world. Everybody was suddenly aware of meteorites and the >>>> collector rush was on. >>>> >>>> Chelyabinsk overshadowed many events this year, including the Wolcott >>>> Connecticut fall of April 19th. Less than a week later, Germany was >>>> gifted a rock from space in the form of the Braunschweig L6 meteorite >>>> fall on April 23rd. Braunschweig and Chelyabinsk are the only >>>> officially-approved falls of 2013 as of this writing. >>>> >>>> On May 9th, there was the Oshika fall in Namibia and about a month >>>> later on June 15th, we saw the Yuncheng-Shanxi fall in China. Both >>>> falls are assumed to be ordinary chondrites and garnered little >>>> attention during the media frenzy after Chelyabinsk. >>>> >>>> Finally, on September 23rd, there was an ordinary chondrite fall in >>>> Vicencia Brazil. >>>> >>>> There have been a couple of promising fireballs after the Vicencia >>>> fall, but nothing has been recovered from these fireballs yet. Unless >>>> something turns up very soon, the year will end rather quiet for >>>> falls, with nothing substantive since late September. But if history >>>> is any indicator, we should see a fall soon after the New Year. >>>> >>>> Jan 15, 2013 - "Planeta Rica" (unofficial) (ordinary chondrite?) : >>>> Colombia >>>> Feb 15, 2013 - Chelyabinsk - (LL5 chondrite) : Russia (Hammer) >>>> Apr 19, 2013 - "Wolcott" (unofficial) (ordinary chondrite?) : >>>> Connecticut USA (Hammer) >>>> Apr 23, 2013 - Braunschweig (L6 chondrite) : Germany (Hammer) >>>> May 09, 2013 - "Oshika" (unofficial) (ordinary chondrite?) : Namibia >>>> Jun 15, 2013 - "Yuncheng-Shanxi" (unofficial) (ordinary chondrite?) : >>>> China >>>> Sep 23, 2013 - "Vicencia" (unofficial) (ordinary chondrite?) : Brazil >>>> >>>> All known falls since the year 2000 - >>>> http://www.galactic-stone.com/pages/falls >>>> >>>> Best regards, Happy Holidays, and Happy Huntings, >>>> >>>> MikeG >>>> >>>> -- >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com >>>> Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone >>>> Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone >>>> Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> ______________________________________________ >>>> >>>> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >>>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>>> Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com >>>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>> >Received on Thu 19 Dec 2013 09:21:30 PM PST |
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