New Mexico... Any chance they might be one of the number of large volcanic craters down there?
Such as the Kilbourne hole: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ef/Kilbourn_hole_aerial_1.jpg Literally dozens (possibly over a hundred actually) of craters down there filled with gem peridot bombs (black peridot basalt with black magma crusts, aerodynamic too!) from maar volcanos. Fun stuff, makes for good collecting. -YvW On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:26 PM, michael cottingham <[email protected]> wrote: > The nut cases are most certainly coming out of the cracks ..... "million > dollar rocks will do that" ! > > Best Wishes > > Michael Cottingham > > > On Mar 30, 2010, at 11:23 AM, John Gwilliam wrote: > >> Morning All, >> A couple of weeks ago, A fellow from Grand Junction, Colorado called me. >> He's looking for someone to search for meteorites in two craters in New >> Mexico that have never been hunted before. The catch is that whoever he >> chooses for the privilege, must take his 86 year old mother along on the >> adventure. Not to worry, he claims she gets around better that most 50 year >> olds. It seems the mother grew up on a ranch near the two craters and >> knew(knows) the people who have owned the land forever. Even though she >> hasn't had any contact with the owners in a long, long time, she and her son >> are pretty sure they will remember his grandfather who lived there many >> decades ago. The craters are large. One even has a house built in the >> bottom of it. >> >> When I asked him if he and his mom would be interested in having a team of >> professional meteorite hunter take on the task, he was very clear they would >> assuredly be off the property with a gun if they weren't accompanied by his >> mother. He's sure the land owners will remember his mom once they get a >> chance to talk about family history back about half a century. Well, he's >> pretty sure. >> >> So, if any of you intrepid hunters want to roll the dice and get a chance at >> discovering some yet-to-be-discovered meteorites, let me know. I'll give >> you the fellow's name and phone number. >> >> Before I hung up the phone, I asked the man a simple question. "What >> prompted your mother to get interested in meteorites after all these years?" >> "Did she happen to see a TV program about Meteorite Men or something >> similar?" >> >> "Yeh" he said, "I do believe she watched a program about meteorites." Isn't >> it amazing how creative the human brain can be? >> >> Have a good week, >> >> John Gwilliam >> >> >> ""Anger doesn't solve anything. >> It builds nothing, >> but it can destroy everything" >> Lawrence D. Wilder. >> >> ______________________________________________ >> Visit the Archives at >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
