Hi
Juris,
>
March 26,
2002. MY FIRST METEORITE FIND!
>
> Dave
Andrews, our Holbrook resident expert, took the day and showed me
> around
the Holbrook strew field. Thanks Dave!
> I found a whole individual - a link to a picture is attached (the marks are
> I found a whole individual - a link to a picture is attached (the marks are
> in
millimeters). OK, so the size is nothing to brag about, but it sure
was
> a
thrill to find it!
Congratulations on your
first meteorite find! (You'll always remember your
first!)
I've never been to Holbrook,
but hope to check it out someday.
> Anyone else have a picture of their first
finds?
My first find was Silver Dry
Lake 001 near Baker, CA, in May 2000. And what
a
first find it was!
Over 200 grams with a nice cracked, black fusion crust.
Find
information is in Met. Bull.
#85 in the table of ordinary chondrites
(this one was
an L4). I've
posted a couple images:
