[meteorite-list] Happy Birthday to Comayagua (Recent Falls)

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 20:51:22 -0400
Message-ID: <CAKBPJW8B_V9+mmQAsn-1HFGziYzG5Ujjke+O1ae3sFg4uxY4rw_at_mail.gmail.com>

That's a shame. It's one of those meteorites that is destined just be
an obscure footnote. I wonder if any of it will ever surface, and if
so, the chain of provenance will be murky.

For those that are interested, here are the known and/or official
falls since 2012 :

2014 -

Feb 17, 2014 - "Santa Fe" (unofficial) (unknown type) : Argentina
Feb 28, 2014 - "Rift Valley" (unofficial) (ordinary chondrite?) : Kenya (Hammer)
Mar 09, 2014 - "Jinju" (unofficial) (ordinary chondrite?) : South Korea
Mar 18, 2014 - "St. Thomas" (unofficial) : (unknown type) : Canada

2013 -

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

2012 -

Feb 11, 2012 - Xining (L5 chondrite) : China
Mar 01, 2012 - "Oslo" (unofficial) (ordinary chondrite?) : Norway (Hammer)
Apr 22, 2012 - Sutter's Mill (CM - Regolith Breccia) : California USA (Hammer)
May 04, 2012 - Ladkee (H6 chondrite) : Pakistan
May 22, 2012 - Katol (L6 chondrite) : India (Hammer)
Jun 03, 2012 - "Comayagua" (unofficial) (ordinary chondrite?) :
Honduras (Hammer)
Jul 08, 2012 - "Jalangi" (unofficial) (ordinary chondrite?) : India
Aug 22, 2012 - Battle Mountain (L6 chondrite) : Nevada USA
Oct 12, 2012 - "Beni Yacoub" (unofficial) (ordinary chondrite?) : Morocco
Oct 17, 2012 - Novato (L6 chondrite) : California USA (Hammer)
Oct 30, 2012 - "Addison" (unofficial) (ordinary chondrite?) : Alabama USA
Dec 16, 2012 - Mreira (L6 chondrite) : Mauritania (fall classified as a find)

All falls since 2000 : http://www.galactic-stone.com/pages/falls

Best regards and Happy Huntings,

MikeG

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On 6/3/14, Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com> wrote:
> Nothing new other than the stone has vanished. Supposedly sold for $80,000
> to the local university. Anyone who has been to Honduras would know that
> could never happen.
> Sad loss for a stone which penetrated a roof and bed while a man was laying
> in it watching TV! He came a few mm from being one of the most famous people
> in the world as a meteorite casualty.
>
>
> Michael Farmer
>
> Sent from my iPad
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>> On Jun 3, 2014, at 2:46 PM, Galactic Stone & Ironworks via Meteorite-list
>> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Listees,
>>
>> Today is the 2nd anniversary of the Comayagua meteorite fall in
>> Honduras - June 03, 2012.
>>
>> Any news about that fall or recoveries to mention?
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> MikeG
>>
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