Hi List - and
Marco,
Here is my
translation of a spanish news article, dated 08/January
2004:
"A man who
lives in Fuentes de Ropel, Zamora, says he has found debris of the meteorite
that he believes is the same one that fell down on Sunday on the
peninsula.
He said that he
found it near the local cemitery and that it was like a ping-pong ball in size,
and when he picked it up it broke away into 4 fragments. He kept one
for
himself and handed
over the other 3 fragments at the Headquarters of the Guardia Civil at
Benavente.
From there, they
were sent to the Centro Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, to have them
certified if in fact, the mineral has come from the outer
space."
(end of
translation) - This article was written in spanish by a Mr. José Ignacio
C. Garcia, Madrid.
There is a
video-clip - showing the finder explaining his story -, attached to this news
page, plus some 4 small photos showing again the finder, as well as the small
fragment that he kept for himself.
In one of the
pictures, on the palm of his hand is shown a 5 cent Euro coin next to the
fragment.
As the coin in
question has 20 mm in diameter, one can estimate the fragment to be 14 x 6
mm approx. and it looks like a stony fragment with what seems to
be some fusion crust (?) on its top visible side - but I am not that
sure.
Check on the
following link: http://www.a3n.tv/mNoticia.asp?seccion=Noticias/Sociedad/&news=6410787
Regards
José
Campos
Portugal
