[meteorite-list] 24 gram Pahrump Meteorite Find 12-29-2012

From: Guenther <abe.guenther_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2013 11:32:02 -0800
Message-ID: <018001cde856$ae382900$0aa87b00$_at_guenther@mnsi.net>

Hi Larry,

I would have to agree - not much longer than within the last year or 2. If it's longer than that, I would be surprised because the fusion crust is still pitch black all the way around.

I want to send it to get classified. Who do you recommend? I have heard that people have had to wait up to a year to get them back. If so, I would rather take it personally to a lab if you can recommend one.

Thanks,

Abe Guenther

-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Atkins [mailto:thetoprok at aol.com]
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2012 8:13 AM
To: abe.guenther at mnsi.net; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] 24 gram Pahrump Meteorite Find 12-29-2012

Guenther,

Very nice indeed! That thing is so fresh, it probably fell in the last year or two.

Congrat's on your most excellent find.


Sincerely,
Larry Atkins
 
IMCA # 1941
Ebay alienrockfarm
 


-----Original Message-----
From: Guenther <abe.guenther at mnsi.net>
To: 'Doug Ross' <doug at dougross.net>; 'Meteorite List List'
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sun, Dec 30, 2012 3:31 pm
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] 24 gram Pahrump Meteorite Find 12-29-2012


Hi Doug,

Thanks for your compliments and all the personal emails I've received from many list members.

It was an amazing find and I still can't get over the excitement. I think this is really special find and I can't wait to get it classified and valued!

BTW: I have always been apprehensive about setting up a Facebook page but today I finally went ahead and made one. I didn't even have a personal page until today. The page I created today is devoted to Meteorite Hunting And Other Adventures so, if anyone has any great stories, feel free to share them here: http://www.facebook.com/MHAOAdventures. The main reason for not setting up a Facebook page sooner was that I was afraid I might not be able to keep up with updating it and I can't stand stale websites - I'm a perfectionist and I can't stand myself sometimes. :)

This marks the second cold find for me. Stories of both finds are on my new Facebook page if anyone is interested to read more.

Guenther

-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Ross [mailto:doug at dougross.net]
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2012 9:39 AM
To: Meteorite List List
Cc: abe.guenther at mnsi.net
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] 24 gram Pahrump Meteorite Find 12-29-2012

Nice find, Guenther!

That's a fresh, beautiful chondrite. Well done! It looks so fresh, I wonder if this could possibly be from the recently witnessed Southern CA-NV meteor event?

> Doug Ross
> doug at dougross.net
>
> Hi All,
>
> I was out with my metal detector today in a known area for gold and
> instead of gold, I came across this really nice specimen.
>
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Received on Tue 01 Jan 2013 02:32:02 PM PST