Tim, it is somewhere in the 10 kilo range, giv or take a kilo. Of the 10 kilos I know of, about 6 kilograms was fine dust in baggies. Hans Koser has this material, he was trying to sell it at the Tucson show. Moritz Karl and I bought the other ~3 kilos he had, and most of that is sold now. I have less than 400 grams of material left for sale. Calr Esparza in Tucson got around 1.4 kilo with Bob Haag, I bought all of Bob's share from him. There is about a kilo in a museum in La Paz, Bolivia. So around 12 kilos is my estimate of total material recovered. Michael Farmer --- Tim Heitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > > > Has any one ever determined how much of was > recovered? > > Thanks, > Tim > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Farmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Adam Hupe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Adam" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 12:55 PM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Carancas crater > > > > Adam > > You told everyone on this list that Carancas was > not a > > crater, you have been proven wrong, I was proven > right > > with the papers in the news this week, I am merely > > clarifying that, nothing more. > > Now, what problem is it of mine that uneducated > idiots > > pissed in the crater? Does that ruin the event, > make > > it useless, wipe it from the history books? It was > > handled fine on my end, things just got bad when > > police tried to steal all of our money. What is > your > > advice, should I have gone to the president of > Peru? > > When you are in the crap, you make decisions on > the > > spot, it is not as easy as sitting at your desk > and > > typing emails. The locals were nice, just poor > people > > who had no idea what was going on, the government > was > > inept and corrupt, and the police took advantage > of > > the situation to try and rob us, then the > proverbial > > crap hit the fan from all sides. Oh well, the > crater > > was studied, a tiny amount of the meteorite was > saved, > > and the rest, as they say, it history. > > Michael Farmer > > --- Adam Hupe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Mike and List, > >> > >> I conceded the point long ago that the term > crater > >> also applies to the Carancas event. I also > stated > >> that there are different types of craters and > this > >> one > >> falls into the impact pit category as was the > case > >> with the Sikhote Alin event. Some of the craters > >> (impact pits) left by Sikhote Alin were also > >> explosive > >> embedding pieces of the meteorite in trees and > yet > >> Ninninger, along with dozens of scientists > referred > >> to > >> them as impact pits. I admit the definition is > >> somewhat hazy is why I qualified the term with > "To > >> me," > >> > >> My only problem with the Carancas thing is that > was > >> over-hyped from the beginning with much > >> misinformation > >> surrounding it. Then, no respect was given to the > >> occurrence and a circus soon followed. People > will > >> treat you the way you allow them, the same > applies > >> to > >> the Carancas event. Trash was thrown into the > >> impact > >> pit, people relieved themselves into it and greed > >> soon > >> became a problem. I think if the event was > handled > >> in > >> a more professional matter, I would not have a > >> problem > >> with it. The way it stands, I have zero respect > for > >> the way it was handled. > >> > >> The last from me on this, > >> > >> Adam > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > ______________________________________________ > > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
