Hi list, I only had time to hunt Franconia for two days this Spring Break. Usually Nate Ditto and I blaze the Franconia, Gold Basin and Red lake strewn fields for 4-7 days annually, not counting our other hunts during
the year. This time I went out with my father and Gary Spraggins to find Gary his first meteorite. Unfortunately I only had the chance to hunt with Nate Ditto for only the first day. I did not manage to stumble onto any monster size chondrites this trip but there is always the next trip. Luckily I was consistently hitting targets through out the two days. I managed to find seven chondrites ranging from 1g to the biggest being only 50 grams. I do not have my scale at my apartment so weights will come soon. I also managed to run across nine irons, all very good size and most of them were oriented as apposed to the irons that 'peeled' out at a lower elevation break up. One of the irons I noticed still had some chondrite attached to it! Here's a photo of the iron with attached chondrite material: http://www.flickr.com/photos/78521917@N03/6883889162/in/photostream/lightbox/ p.s. Congrats to Gary for finding his first meteorite. Enjoy -Erik ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
