[meteorite-list] Salinas man finds meteorites in Nevada

From: Shawn Alan <shawnalan_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2015 12:40:59 -0700
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Salinas man finds meteorites in Nevada

Scott Harlan 7:38 a.m. PDT August 15, 2015

My interest in geology probably started with my father who was a
petroleum geologist. We would go to gem and mineral shows together and
look at all of the spectacular specimens.

Later as an adult, our family often incorporated some kind of rock
hounding in our vacations. We hunted for fossil fish in Wyoming,
trilobites in Utah and Herkimer diamonds in New Jersey. This was
something everyone in our family could do with really equal chances of
success regardless of age.

There is a sense of discovery when you find something that no man has
ever seen before.

In 2011, there was a witnessed meteorite fall near Sutter?s Mill in
California. It was a large fireball and the speeding meteorite fragments
appeared on weather radar, so there was good definition for where to
look for meteorites on the ground.

My brother and I went up to Lotus, an unincorporated community in El
Dorado County, and searched for a couple days, but we did not find
anything. Many people did find meteorites from that fall, however, and
this sparked my interest in meteorite hunting.

Source:
http://www.thecalifornian.com/story/life/2015/08/15/salinas-man-finds-meteorites-nevada/31775177/
Received on Mon 17 Aug 2015 03:40:59 PM PDT