Absolutely stunning
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From: "Michael Farmer" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 8:37 AM
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
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