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

From: Michael Farmer <mike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 18:07:11 -0700
Message-ID: <1335CD32-D423-4F7D-A63C-F802E639F677_at_meteoriteguy.com>

Why do you list the Canada thing, nothing was found that O ever heard about.
Michael Farmer

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jun 3, 2014, at 5:51 PM, "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
>>
>>> 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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Received on Tue 03 Jun 2014 09:07:11 PM PDT