[meteorite-list] 2014 St. Thomas meteor

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 11:17:09 -0400
Message-ID: <CAKBPJW94-O1LeM1gk7XnVddYics+4Ww__kSZ06wOHOkGhFTqQw_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Rob and Mike,

No, I thought I had heard something about a find a while back, but now
that I check my emails and records, I was mistaken. I removed the St.
Thomas bolide from the list of meteorite falls. :)

Best regards and Happy Huntings,

MikeG


On 6/4/14, Rob Matson <mojave_meteorites at cox.net> wrote:
> Hi Mike/Mike/All,
>
> I wondered if I had missed something. As far as I knew, nothing had been
> found
> (yet)
> for the St. Thomas fall east of Toronto. The fall location is pretty well
> constrained by
> video (and possibly radar as well), so if anything survived to the ground I
> expect
> something will eventually be found. --Rob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Meteorite-list [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com]
> On
> Behalf Of Michael Farmer via Meteorite-list
> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 6:07 PM
> To: Galactic Stone & Ironworks
> Cc: Meteorite List
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Happy Birthday to Comayagua (Recent Falls)
>
> 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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