must be realy nice if you hesitate to cut it! Cheers Steve Dunklee --- On Thu, 9/1/11, Michael Farmer <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Michael Farmer <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New househitting meteorite fall from Mexico > To: "James Baxter" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, September 1, 2011, 4:34 PM > > Yes, perfectly preserved, some scratchmarks where they used > a key trying to scratch it, and they almost smashed it with > a hammer to see inside, but the owner said each time he > decided not to mess with it. Thankfully it is intact. Will > cut an end off to classify, but not interested in chopping > it up, needs to be preserved as intact as possible. > Michael Farmer > > > > --- On Thu, 9/1/11, James Baxter <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > From: James Baxter <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New househitting > meteorite fall from Mexico > > To: "Michael Farmer" <[email protected]> > > Cc: [email protected] > > Date: Thursday, September 1, 2011, 10:28 AM > > Killer! Looks like the day it fell! > > > > Congratulations, > > Jim Baxter > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Michael Farmer" <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2011 8:37:36 AM GMT > -08:00 > > US/Canada Pacific > > Subject: [meteorite-list] New househitting meteorite > fall > > from Mexico > > > > Hello all, one week after getting stones in Kenya > last > > sunday I bought pieces of my househitter from Muguga > which > > had been sent all night by bus from Mombassa, I flew > to > > Mexico and this sunday bought another stone, a > househitter > > from San Juan Ocotan, Zapopan, Guadalajara. > > > > This meteorite 1,369 grams. This location is on the > edge of > > the city, next to a massive air force base. > > > > It fell in September 2007, exact date unknown. It > > fell at ~3:00 am and smashed through a very poor house > which > > had a tile roof covered with a tarp and smashed into > mud > > bricks. The stone still has marks of the blue tarp, > and the > > tile and mud bricks embedded in the stone. It was used > for > > two years to hold open a shop door by the homeowner > and seen > > by another man who recognized it as something special > and > > acquired it. He finally emailed me asking if it was a > > meteorite. > > > > I flew to Guadalajara and bought it this weekend. It > is in > > perfect condition, never damaged or cleaned > thankfully, and > > while the owners family wanted to smash it to see > inside, he > > never did! > > > > > > > > Quite a score, a Mexican hammerstone that appears to > be a L > > or LL3! > > > > Not for sale > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://meteoriteguy.com/guadalajara > > > > > > > > http://meteoriteguy.com/mexicometeorite.JPG > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at > > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
