Hi Gary, listees,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/86794456@N06/
There you'll find some photos of my 'Broken Hill' slice. It hasn't been
polished and it certainly wouldn't win a beauty contest, but that wasn't the
reason why I bought it.
I've never uploaded a photo to that website before, so I'm not sure whether
it can be accessed by everyone without joining Flickr.
Cheers
Werner Schroer
Australia
-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Fujihara
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 12:38 AM
To: W&S Schroer
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Battle Mountain Field report / cold finds
while hunting for hot stones
Not me Werner!
Treat us to a photo of your Broken Hill slab someday, will you mate?
gary
On Sep 5, 2012, at 8:22 PM, W&S Schroer <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Jim, listees,
in 1994 the town Broken Hill in the Australian Outback was shaken by a
super-sonic sound and a meteor was seen crossing the sky. As it happens so
often, most people believed that the rock would have fallen somewhere
nearby and hundreds of people went out and searched for it in the
semi-desert. Initially, nothing was found, but a persistent hunter
eventually discovered a 34 kg meteorite some 20 miles out of town that had
been there for thousands of years.
It was eventually classified as a L5 Chondrite and named 'Broken Hill' and
I'm the proud owner of an almost 3 kg slice, the largest mass in private
hands. An additional bonus is the fact that after living in Broken Hill
for the last 17 years it has become my second hometown.
My first hometown was Gutersloh in Germany where I spent my youth and
where on the 17th of April 1851 a 1 kg meteorite was seen falling out of
the sky. It was classified as a H3/4 and named 'Gutersloh' and I'm the
proud owner of a 0.065 g 'mass'.
Now who can beat that? :)
Cheers
Werner Schroer
Australia
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what would be odd be while looking for a fresh fall, an old Fall is
found??? has that ever happened?
Greg I think your popcorn bag blew up! it's raining popcorn here!!!!
I just started my second bag ;)
Jim
Jim Wooddell - Mobile
Adam Hupe <[email protected]> wrote:
I have not seen any of this material first-hand but I was thinking the
same thing when I saw Bob Verish's images. Perhaps it rained in Northern
Nevada or many times fresh falls take on a brownish hue. If the miner's
stone was found within a few hours of the fall, then I would think the
stones have a natural brownish hue or it could be the white balance is
off on the digital camera.
Happy hunting,
Adam
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Tettenborn <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, September 5, 2012 12:40 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Battle Mountain Field report / strewn field
conditions / etc.
I had the exact same impression. This one looks like a somewhat
weathered NWA.
Could be the lighting.
But, Adam Hupe reported multiple finds so far so this could be legit.
tett
Mike Tettenborn
Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
[email protected]
On 2012-09-05, at 2:49 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Hi All,
I have posted a few pictures of the strewnfield and a large chondrite on
my website.A couple of the roads in the area will be posted with No
trespassing signs later this week. The reason is for mine safety
regulations.The project supervisor was very nice and explained the
biggest concern is safety.If anything was to happen on the mining clam,
the site would be shut down.
Thanks,
Sonny
http://www.nevadameteorites.com/nevadameteorites/Battle_Mt.html
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