Thanks Anne, Just knew there would be many more.
And guess what? (What Pee-Wee? ;-) You and I both forgot - Majuba 001 - Found in the berm of a road in the middle of the Majuba Placers. :-) Bob V. --- On Sat, 8/25/12, Anne Black <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Anne Black <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Congrats to "Dolan" Dave > To: [email protected], [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, August 25, 2012, 12:37 PM > Robert, > > There are many Russian irons that were found while > gold-prospecting or mining for gold. Here are a few: > Aprelskij - found in gold-bearing alluvium > Bodaibo - found in the shaft of a gold-mine > Chebankol - found in gold-bearing alluvium > Onello - found in a gold placer > Petropavlosk - found some 9 meters deep in a gold mine > > And many more but those are just some of the ones I just > research on. > And remember that the guys who found Bendego thought it was > a huge silver nugget, 5 tons!!! > > > Anne M. Black > www.IMPACTIKA.com > [email protected] > Vice-President of IMCA > www.IMCA.cc > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Verish <[email protected]> > To: Meteoritecentral List <[email protected]> > Cc: David Libuszowski <[email protected]> > Sent: Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:02 pm > Subject: [meteorite-list] Congrats to "Dolan" Dave > > > Congratulations goes out to Dave Libuszowski for getting his > Johannesburg > classification into the Met Bull: > > http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=55765 > > Kudos to Dave for recognizing this chondrite in and among a > gold-mining setting. > Recently I met Dave and hunted with him at the Holbrook > 100th Anniversary Hunt. > If his skill at finding gold AND Gold Basin meteorites is > any indication, I > predict that this is only the first of many more future > finds of his that will > be entered into the Met Bull. > > Johannesburg joins San Emigdio and Old Dominion Mine, > forming a "clan" of > California H4 finds that have had a close association > (certainly by proximity) > with a gold mine and gold ore processing. > > Did I miss any other examples? > Back to the books, > Bob V. > ______________________________________________ > > 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
