Hi Greg S., It was my pleasure to share the fun and photos with everyone. That is what it is all about!
Good luck with your hunting!! Best regards, Greg H. ==================== Greg Hupe The Hupe Collection NaturesVault (eBay) [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.LunarRock.com IMCA 3163 ==================== ----- Original Message ----- From: greg stanley To: Greg Hupe ; [email protected] Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 5:32 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Glorieta - Taking The Hill Greg and Group: Looks like everyone had a blast and came up with some amazing finds. Looking at the pictures - the weather looks perfect. Congrats to Patrick, Bob and Greg for you truly beautiful pieces. I think this is what makes this hobby so enjoyable. I really enjoy seeing people with there new finds. I've been hunting for a year now, and I don't have an adequate metal detector for meteorite hunting. But perhaps one day I will and then I would be interested to Take the Hill - or just some nice pieces of it. Congratulations to everyone on all your finds. Thanks for sharing Greg S Greg Hupe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dear List Members, I just got back from a 5-day fun-filled meteorite hunt at Glorieta Mountain with about 14 of our fellow meteorite collectors/hunters. I would have to re-name it the "Meat Grinder" due to the rugged terrain which caused many cuts, scrapes, bruises and nearly every eye in the group to be almost poked out by branches hiding what we were after, Glorieta meteorites!! This was my first hunt to the mountain, as well as about half of the group. On the first day, four small pieces were found, all under 20 grams each. The next day Patrick Hermann from Canada made the best discovery of the trip, a whopper of a find at about 5 kilos! My last day of hunting was April 24th. At 9:25 AM and 32 hours of swinging my detector coil on grass and small cactus, around boulders, over cliffs and under trees, it hollered a loud unmistakable screech which had a different sound from the numerous cans, wire and other garbage from the past. I brushed away the pine needles and a light coating of dirt to reveal my first Glorieta pallasite, a beautiful 110.6 gram individual resembling a face. I've since named it "The 'Glorieta' Mask". At first I did not think it was a pallasite since the olivine crystals were coated by years of caliche and dirt. It wasn't until after I returned to the cabin that I cleaned it and was wowed again by the two large crystals which made the "eyes" of the face. After the remaining part of the group returned from another outing, Bob Haag pulled out his surprise find of the day, a spike-shaped individual pallasite weighing around 150 grams, making his the second largest find, my the third and Patrick's the largest. These finds prompted the remaining group members to hunt an extra day or two which I am looking forward to hearing how they did. I hope they will share their individual adventures with us. I had a blast and will go back again as time permits. Glorieta is a brutal hunt and I take my hat off to all who have hunted it in the past. Here are a few photos of the hunt and some of the finds: Most of the group (can you put a name with every face?) http://www.lunarrock.com/glorieta/img_0019.jpg Rugged strewn field terrain. http://www.lunarrock.com/glorieta/img_0020.jpg A very happy Patrick with his 5 kilo find just minutes after discovery! http://www.lunarrock.com/glorieta/img_0022.jpg Celebrating Patrick's find (Thanks for dinner!!). http://www.lunarrock.com/glorieta/img_0032.jpg My 110.6 gram find, can you see the GPS coordinates ;-) http://www.lunarrock.com/glorieta/img_0058.jpg Three happy campers (L-R Greg, Bob and Patrick) http://www.lunarrock.com/glorieta/img_0081.jpg L-R - 110.6g, ~150g and ~5-kilo finds. http://www.lunarrock.com/glorieta/img_0084.jpg 110.6 gram after cleaning. http://www.lunarrock.com/glorieta/dsc00001.jpg 110.6 gram "The 'Glorieta' Mask" (Do you see the eyes, nose and mouth?) http://www.lunarrock.com/glorieta/dsc00002.jpg 110.6 gram individual - reverse image (note melted olivines - black color) http://www.lunarrock.com/glorieta/dsc00003.jpg I hope you enjoyed the photos and brief hunt story. I'm too beat up and tired from the hunt to write much longer. Best regards, Greg ==================== Greg Hupe The Hupe Collection NaturesVault (eBay) [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.LunarRock.com IMCA 3163 ==================== ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check out new cars at Yahoo! Autos.
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