Re: [meteorite-list] Pasamonte stone! FILMS

[Jeff Kuyken]

Bernd wrote:

Pasamonte is unique in many different respects: another unique feature
was its glowing, twisted and distorted trail of ionized atmosperic gases
similar to the lingering trail of the Tagish Lake carbonaceous chondrite.

Reminds me of the Magadan, Russia meteor in July, 2000. There's a video of
it about halfway down my films page.

www.meteorites.com.au/films/

If anyone wants the meteor/truck commercial it is also availale here:

http://www.meteorites.com.au/films/desertmeteor.wmv.

Cheers,

Jeff


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A stoked Mike Farmer wrote:

Well, after 9 years of dealing and collecting meteorites, I have finally
succeeded
in getting a complete Pasamonte stone! I recently bought a stone from a
collector,
with British Museum label, 39 grams, Nininger #197V British Museum #
1959-756.

http://www.meteoriteguy.com/collection/pasamonte.htm

heck it out and tell me what you think.

Gee, that's  *g r e a t* ... like looking at the Holy Grail of meteorites!

 I am stoked about adding this rare little puppy to my new collection. 

One can really see live and on-line how excited Michael F. must have
been because in his write-up you can read that this stone have serious
provenance. Well, who wouldn't be overcome with such joy if we were him!

Pasamonte is a polymict, very friable, brecciated, noncumulate eucrite
and resembles my little Stannern piece that I purchased from Martin
Horejsi some time ago: black, glossy, frothy fusion crust, a shining white
interior, fragile and *beautiful*. Only difference: Stannern is monomict.

Pasamonte is unique in many different respects: another unique feature
was its glowing, twisted and distorted trail of ionized atmosperic gases
similar to the lingering trail of the Tagish Lake carbonaceous chondrite.

Mike, sincere congrats on the acquisition of this drool-worthy beauty!

Bernd

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Re: [meteorite-list] Pasamonte stone! FILMS

[Walter Branch]

Hi Jeff and List,

Jeff, thanks very much for making these movies available for list (and non 
list) members.  Your video archives and Mark's text archives complement each 
other very nicely.


I witnessed my first fireball a few days ago, on 12/22/05.  I left work 
early that day because I was sick.  I was driving home about 4:00 p.m. It 
was very sunny with only a few clouds.  I happend to be approaching a bridge 
over a river and about a mile of marshland and I saw it traveling from 
roughly east to west, at a very steep angle.  It was breaking up and 
disentegrating and looked a lot like the peekskill videos on Jeff's site. 
This was in broad daylight!  It was amazing.  After years of night-time 
astronomical observations, during which I have seen many sporadic 
meteorites, this was amazing.  The illusion of closeness was very real.  It 
seemed as though I could have driven over the bridge and into the marsh 
(with subsequent explanations to my wife) and there a meteorite would be - 
right in the middle of the marsh!


I will never forget it.  I hope to see one again.

-Walter Branch 



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