Hi Michael (and listers)
It has been great for me , new to this list, to follow the hunt in West.
And glad to see people like you still trying to recover as much as possible
before
it is too late !
There are other posts I would have liked to answer to, there are just too
many !
All the best
Michael B, France
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Farmer" <meteorite...@yahoo.com>
To: <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 2:41 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] West hunt notes.
After spending a few hours and 10 miles of walking today, I found a 25
gram complete meteorite. The heavy rain is taking it's toll on the West
meteorite pieces. The stone I found was showing signs of oxidation.
Strangly a large metal nodule shows no problems but there are spots on the
crust with rust starting to show. Overall though, the stone is almost as
good as the originals.
The ground here is saturated, every step is a sloshing/sinking feeling.
The area got over 5-6 inches of rain, all ponds are pretty much full or
overflowing, and Ash Creek where Greg Hupe found the famous "mud stone"
was clearly a raging torrent only 24 hours ago. Today that spot was under
3 or 4 feet of water. Thankfully Greg saved a wonderful meteorite from
oblivion.
I expect to be here another day or so, then get back to Tucson and start
sorting the Tucson show goodies, and updating my website.
Michael Farmer
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