Hi, Bernd, list and all others who helped remove any doubt. As for these meteorites, i dont believe any of these would apply to this one according to the location in which he says it was found. I believe it would be a new fall with the possibility of other stones to be found. Is the 0.6 grams enough material to analyse, if not is there anyone who would like to look at one of the fragments i have for further comment. I can mail a sample or meet with any of you in Tuscon. I will be there a week. If i would acquire the stone before analysis what would be a fair price to offer for it at 470 grams. Thanks again to all who responded From: "Bernd Pauli HD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Robert Cucchiara" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 3:57 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Possible meteorite
> Robert Cucchiara wrote: > > > I just returned from Mexico where i met an elderly > > man who believes he has a meteorite. He witnessed > > it fall while working in the hills as a miner 20 > > years ago and he says it sounded like an airplane > > approaching. > > > Hi Bob and List, > > This is definitely a meteorite! There are only > 6 "recent" Mexican falls of stony meteorites: > > 1) Tuxtuac, LL5 - Fell 1975, Oct 16, 18:20 hrs > 2) Acapulco, ACAP - Fell 1976, Aug 11, 11:00 hrs > 3) Nuevo Mercurio, H5 - Fell 1978, Dec 15, 18:50 hrs > 4) Ceniceros, H3 - Fell 1988 Aug 20, 10:20 hrs > 5) El Tigre, L6 - Fell 1993, Dec 23 > 6) Silao, H5 - Fell 1995, Mar 12, ca. 08:30 hrs CST > > Nuevo Mercurio would be the right date but its matrix > is usually darker. Allowing for another 10 years in time, > I would venture to say this could be Tuxtuac which does > have a light-colored matrix. On the other hand, Tuxtuac > stones have a thin, black, fusion crust where it has not > been abraded away. So Tuxtuac is probably a wrong guess. > > Best regards, > > Bernd ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
