Re: [meteorite-list] India Meteorite Report from the scene
Farmer, you are only a little idiot, come here and you see who crylittle boy. Ah what method you use for take off India the all material take, you have the permission? Pertain the prices, you are the first one that ruins them with your auctions on Ebay, and then claim prices highs in your sites. I not understand why this character does not be been thrown outside from the List, seen that is the first one that attaches the persons with its stupidity Regards Matteo --- Michael Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, internet here is little better than smoke signals, it has taken me almost 2 hours to go through 50 emails, so slow, and Matteo's crying like a 2 year old baby. Matteo, shut the hell up, PLEASE, if I see another email about Other people is make prices ruin I will have to beat the hell out of you when I see you (Just kidding, but only a little). OK I am in the strewnfield. I have a small piece of the meteorite. IT is an H chondrite and similar to Zag, veining and slickensides. There is EXTREME flooding here, all parts are under water, there is NO HOPE of recovering more material unless it is simply in a village and not known about yet. the strewnfield is some miles long, traveling between two villages that the local assured me were only 5 km apart by air took over 2 hours by road (if you can call it that). India is beautiful and horrible at the same time. The road is covered with untold thousands of people, dogs, cows, goats, etc, NONE of which move or are even slightly annoyed by the incessant use of the horn, we actually ran over a dogs foot yesterday, he would not move until the car ran right over him. I felt sorry for it but then again if anything is that stupid. I also wish I had a gun with me, to put some of the stupidist creature on the planet (The cow) out of their misery (or ignorant bliss) whichever it is. There are thousands of them, laying in the roads, cars just go around them whereever possible. the entire area is flooded, and I mean bad, hundreds of thousands of miles under water, looks like the ocean with small patched of trees and huts standing out of it. Roads are almost not more than small trails with everyone and everything blocking them. Most of the meteorite has been taken by the police, I am working on tracking down a couple of pieces, but it looks hopeless as it takes me 6 hours to get to the area even though it is only 70 miles away, the max spees is about 10 miles an hour on the highway and about 2 miles an hour on the village route. these are small villages, I mean aobut 10 familes each, no electricity, nothing more than some mud huts in a land of mud. I had to go on motorcycle for a few miles last night with a spectacular lightning show in the distance, it was the most eery and beatiful drive I have ever taken, the flooded swampland, cool wind, nice people and all made me fell like I was in some sort of 16 th century expedition. When we got to the village, the people showed me where a 6-8 kilo stone fell, coming down right down the slanted roof of a hut, denting in the grass roof and making a large crater at the base of the hut. That stone was taken 2 days ago, but I have two competing guys traking down the person who took it, to get it for me. We will see if this hut smasher comes home with me. I do have a 13 gram fragment of it, (They smashed it). The meteorite is like Zag, large veins and slickensides. The 6 hour trip back to town last night was the most harrowing of my life, I would say at least 50 near head on collisions with giant trucks, busses, all without lights, cars on the wrong side of the road, washed out roads, cows of course (and they would much rather drive off a cliff and die than kill a cow here!). there should be hundreds of stones, but it is all rivers and swamps and rice paddies, all under several feet of water, so virtually none will be recovered. I saw photos of the 5 kilo stone, very nice. Anyway, sorry for the format of this email, but using the computer here is not easy. Anyone thinking of coming to get some, forget it, as it is, with my 13 gram piece, i will have paid over $400.00 gram for my piece! But I will have memories of a lifetime of this hunt, which doing it alone, I already consider by far my most exotic and interesting. the people in the villages do not speak english or Hindi, but Orissi, a local tribal language. the meteorite fell only about 1/2 mile from the Bay of Bengal (but now it seems to be in the Bay of bengal with everything under water anyway). I will post more info as soon as I can. Mike Farmer Meteorite Hunter Writing from Orissa India. __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list = M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato Via Triestina 126/A - 30030 -
Re: [meteorite-list] India Meteorite Report from the scene
Yeah, right, SHOW ME, that is what I say, Matteo, I will hound you inceesently about this little lie you just told. Anyway, it shows what a coward you are, what, not man enought to take the risks like I do, to go see where meteorites fall, or are you taking Caspers place as the money hunry dealer, not the slightest interested in the story as you are in making money. That Matteo, is what makes you and I so very different. I hope you enjoy opening your package should it actually arrive, I will look at my 13 gram piece, smile remembering buying it from the finder in the village that before yesterday, I never knew existed, in a beautiful and very strange place. Matteo, have you ever left Italy? Mike Farmer --- M come Meteorite Meteorites [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am underr contact for buy 1 kilos of material, and all from my home, not come in India .SHHH --- Michael Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, internet here is little better than smoke signals, it has taken me almost 2 hours to go through 50 emails, so slow, and Matteo's crying like a 2 year old baby. Matteo, shut the hell up, PLEASE, if I see another email about Other people is make prices ruin I will have to beat the hell out of you when I see you (Just kidding, but only a little). OK I am in the strewnfield. I have a small piece of the meteorite. IT is an H chondrite and similar to Zag, veining and slickensides. There is EXTREME flooding here, all parts are under water, there is NO HOPE of recovering more material unless it is simply in a village and not known about yet. the strewnfield is some miles long, traveling between two villages that the local assured me were only 5 km apart by air took over 2 hours by road (if you can call it that). India is beautiful and horrible at the same time. The road is covered with untold thousands of people, dogs, cows, goats, etc, NONE of which move or are even slightly annoyed by the incessant use of the horn, we actually ran over a dogs foot yesterday, he would not move until the car ran right over him. I felt sorry for it but then again if anything is that stupid. I also wish I had a gun with me, to put some of the stupidist creature on the planet (The cow) out of their misery (or ignorant bliss) whichever it is. There are thousands of them, laying in the roads, cars just go around them whereever possible. the entire area is flooded, and I mean bad, hundreds of thousands of miles under water, looks like the ocean with small patched of trees and huts standing out of it. Roads are almost not more than small trails with everyone and everything blocking them. Most of the meteorite has been taken by the police, I am working on tracking down a couple of pieces, but it looks hopeless as it takes me 6 hours to get to the area even though it is only 70 miles away, the max spees is about 10 miles an hour on the highway and about 2 miles an hour on the village route. these are small villages, I mean aobut 10 familes each, no electricity, nothing more than some mud huts in a land of mud. I had to go on motorcycle for a few miles last night with a spectacular lightning show in the distance, it was the most eery and beatiful drive I have ever taken, the flooded swampland, cool wind, nice people and all made me fell like I was in some sort of 16 th century expedition. When we got to the village, the people showed me where a 6-8 kilo stone fell, coming down right down the slanted roof of a hut, denting in the grass roof and making a large crater at the base of the hut. That stone was taken 2 days ago, but I have two competing guys traking down the person who took it, to get it for me. We will see if this hut smasher comes home with me. I do have a 13 gram fragment of it, (They smashed it). The meteorite is like Zag, large veins and slickensides. The 6 hour trip back to town last night was the most harrowing of my life, I would say at least 50 near head on collisions with giant trucks, busses, all without lights, cars on the wrong side of the road, washed out roads, cows of course (and they would much rather drive off a cliff and die than kill a cow here!). there should be hundreds of stones, but it is all rivers and swamps and rice paddies, all under several feet of water, so virtually none will be recovered. I saw photos of the 5 kilo stone, very nice. Anyway, sorry for the format of this email, but using the computer here is not easy. Anyone thinking of coming to get some, forget it, as it is, with my 13 gram piece, i will have paid over $400.00 gram for my piece! But I will have memories of a lifetime of this hunt, which doing it alone, I already consider by far my most exotic and interesting. the people in the villages do not speak english or
Re: [meteorite-list] India Meteorite Report from the scene
WOW, all I can say is WOW, I have seen your photos, if you have not seen mine, I suggest you look. It was a joke, but with just a little nudjing, i could take it serious. Is there anyone esle who is tired of Matteo? I already know who is tired of me. Mike Farmer. --- M come Meteorite Meteorites [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Farmer, you are only a little idiot, come here and you see who crylittle boy. Ah what method you use for take off India the all material take, you have the permission? Pertain the prices, you are the first one that ruins them with your auctions on Ebay, and then claim prices highs in your sites. I not understand why this character does not be been thrown outside from the List, seen that is the first one that attaches the persons with its stupidity Regards Matteo --- Michael Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, internet here is little better than smoke signals, it has taken me almost 2 hours to go through 50 emails, so slow, and Matteo's crying like a 2 year old baby. Matteo, shut the hell up, PLEASE, if I see another email about Other people is make prices ruin I will have to beat the hell out of you when I see you (Just kidding, but only a little). OK I am in the strewnfield. I have a small piece of the meteorite. IT is an H chondrite and similar to Zag, veining and slickensides. There is EXTREME flooding here, all parts are under water, there is NO HOPE of recovering more material unless it is simply in a village and not known about yet. the strewnfield is some miles long, traveling between two villages that the local assured me were only 5 km apart by air took over 2 hours by road (if you can call it that). India is beautiful and horrible at the same time. The road is covered with untold thousands of people, dogs, cows, goats, etc, NONE of which move or are even slightly annoyed by the incessant use of the horn, we actually ran over a dogs foot yesterday, he would not move until the car ran right over him. I felt sorry for it but then again if anything is that stupid. I also wish I had a gun with me, to put some of the stupidist creature on the planet (The cow) out of their misery (or ignorant bliss) whichever it is. There are thousands of them, laying in the roads, cars just go around them whereever possible. the entire area is flooded, and I mean bad, hundreds of thousands of miles under water, looks like the ocean with small patched of trees and huts standing out of it. Roads are almost not more than small trails with everyone and everything blocking them. Most of the meteorite has been taken by the police, I am working on tracking down a couple of pieces, but it looks hopeless as it takes me 6 hours to get to the area even though it is only 70 miles away, the max spees is about 10 miles an hour on the highway and about 2 miles an hour on the village route. these are small villages, I mean aobut 10 familes each, no electricity, nothing more than some mud huts in a land of mud. I had to go on motorcycle for a few miles last night with a spectacular lightning show in the distance, it was the most eery and beatiful drive I have ever taken, the flooded swampland, cool wind, nice people and all made me fell like I was in some sort of 16 th century expedition. When we got to the village, the people showed me where a 6-8 kilo stone fell, coming down right down the slanted roof of a hut, denting in the grass roof and making a large crater at the base of the hut. That stone was taken 2 days ago, but I have two competing guys traking down the person who took it, to get it for me. We will see if this hut smasher comes home with me. I do have a 13 gram fragment of it, (They smashed it). The meteorite is like Zag, large veins and slickensides. The 6 hour trip back to town last night was the most harrowing of my life, I would say at least 50 near head on collisions with giant trucks, busses, all without lights, cars on the wrong side of the road, washed out roads, cows of course (and they would much rather drive off a cliff and die than kill a cow here!). there should be hundreds of stones, but it is all rivers and swamps and rice paddies, all under several feet of water, so virtually none will be recovered. I saw photos of the 5 kilo stone, very nice. Anyway, sorry for the format of this email, but using the computer here is not easy. Anyone thinking of coming to get some, forget it, as it is, with my 13 gram piece, i will have paid over $400.00 gram for my piece! But I will have memories of a lifetime of this hunt, which doing it alone, I already consider by far my most exotic and interesting. the people in the villages do not speak english or Hindi, but Orissi, a local tribal language. the meteorite fell only
Re: [meteorite-list] India Meteorite Report from the scene
I not understand why this character does not be been thrown outside from the List, seen that is the first one that attaches the persons with its stupidity Regards Matteo You're still her aren't you? Dave __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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or who is tired of you and your arrogance emailsprobably never you see here in list write in pubblic a opinion on you of a member, but is suffice for me to know who it is against of you, and bushels getting tired a lot of persons with your arrogance. Come one members, write in pubblic it does thought of it of this character, have for case fear of him? Stop to broken me or the spam box is ready for you. Matteo --- Michael Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: WOW, all I can say is WOW, I have seen your photos, if you have not seen mine, I suggest you look. It was a joke, but with just a little nudjing, i could take it serious. Is there anyone esle who is tired of Matteo? I already know who is tired of me. Mike Farmer. --- M come Meteorite Meteorites [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Farmer, you are only a little idiot, come here and you see who crylittle boy. Ah what method you use for take off India the all material take, you have the permission? Pertain the prices, you are the first one that ruins them with your auctions on Ebay, and then claim prices highs in your sites. I not understand why this character does not be been thrown outside from the List, seen that is the first one that attaches the persons with its stupidity Regards Matteo --- Michael Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, internet here is little better than smoke signals, it has taken me almost 2 hours to go through 50 emails, so slow, and Matteo's crying like a 2 year old baby. Matteo, shut the hell up, PLEASE, if I see another email about Other people is make prices ruin I will have to beat the hell out of you when I see you (Just kidding, but only a little). OK I am in the strewnfield. I have a small piece of the meteorite. IT is an H chondrite and similar to Zag, veining and slickensides. There is EXTREME flooding here, all parts are under water, there is NO HOPE of recovering more material unless it is simply in a village and not known about yet. the strewnfield is some miles long, traveling between two villages that the local assured me were only 5 km apart by air took over 2 hours by road (if you can call it that). India is beautiful and horrible at the same time. The road is covered with untold thousands of people, dogs, cows, goats, etc, NONE of which move or are even slightly annoyed by the incessant use of the horn, we actually ran over a dogs foot yesterday, he would not move until the car ran right over him. I felt sorry for it but then again if anything is that stupid. I also wish I had a gun with me, to put some of the stupidist creature on the planet (The cow) out of their misery (or ignorant bliss) whichever it is. There are thousands of them, laying in the roads, cars just go around them whereever possible. the entire area is flooded, and I mean bad, hundreds of thousands of miles under water, looks like the ocean with small patched of trees and huts standing out of it. Roads are almost not more than small trails with everyone and everything blocking them. Most of the meteorite has been taken by the police, I am working on tracking down a couple of pieces, but it looks hopeless as it takes me 6 hours to get to the area even though it is only 70 miles away, the max spees is about 10 miles an hour on the highway and about 2 miles an hour on the village route. these are small villages, I mean aobut 10 familes each, no electricity, nothing more than some mud huts in a land of mud. I had to go on motorcycle for a few miles last night with a spectacular lightning show in the distance, it was the most eery and beatiful drive I have ever taken, the flooded swampland, cool wind, nice people and all made me fell like I was in some sort of 16 th century expedition. When we got to the village, the people showed me where a 6-8 kilo stone fell, coming down right down the slanted roof of a hut, denting in the grass roof and making a large crater at the base of the hut. That stone was taken 2 days ago, but I have two competing guys traking down the person who took it, to get it for me. We will see if this hut smasher comes home with me. I do have a 13 gram fragment of it, (They smashed it). The meteorite is like Zag, large veins and slickensides. The 6 hour trip back to town last night was the most harrowing of my life, I would say at least 50 near head on collisions with giant trucks, busses, all without lights, cars on the wrong side of the road, washed out roads, cows of course (and they would much rather drive off a cliff and die than kill a cow here!). there should be hundreds of stones, but it is all rivers and swamps and rice
Re: [meteorite-list] India Meteorite Report from the scene
OK Matteo, you asked for it. I think you should back off of all your meteorwrongs on eBay crap. Frankly Scarlet, I don't give a damn! You are giving the IMCA a bad name with all your harrassment. Second of all, you may despise the US collector/dealers, but most deliver their product without blaming the Italian Post Office for not arriving as planned (or at all). Third of all, over here, you buy something, you pay for it. That's just the way it goesthe American (and every other country's) way. That goes for the UK (which is part of Europe, last I checked) as well. Don't play Miss Goody-Two-Shoes around here with me. I'm sorry, but I couldn't take any more babble from this YOU. I apologize if I have offended anyone other than you-know-who. Put me down for a Farmer votehe may be hot-headed but at least he's: willing to take a risk, be punctual, and deliver. Dave M come Meteorite Meteorites wrote: or who is tired of you and your arrogance emailsprobably never you see here in list write in pubblic a opinion on you of a member, but is suffice for me to know who it is against of you, and bushels getting tired a lot of persons with your arrogance. Come one members, write in pubblic it does thought of it of this character, have for case fear of him? Stop to broken me or the spam box is ready for you. __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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I have asked an opinion to you? You go to read my feedbacks on ebay and write me where is my delays in the delivery of a pack, not even one. Instead with other here present persons of delays of it quite I had, and above all people that has taken the money and never sent the material, I repeat, I monitor all the Italian customs and know if the package is passed or no. Besides, I find a what absolutely indecent that I pay a meteorite the next day won it on Ebay, and this should be sent who knows when because the person is known, does not answer immediately and does it after months. Well to this person arrives immediately the negative feedback and I warning also Ebay, thing that I do between few days after have informed it for the umpteenth time via email, seen I have pay the auction in the 25 August. The reliability of some dealers here inside is not for good nothing. Besides I would want actual to know where I would have abused the name IMCA, seen that I inform only the list of the fake meteorites on sale on ebay. Matteo --- DNAndrews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK Matteo, you asked for it. I think you should back off of all your meteorwrongs on eBay crap. Frankly Scarlet, I don't give a damn! You are giving the IMCA a bad name with all your harrassment. Second of all, you may despise the US collector/dealers, but most deliver their product without blaming the Italian Post Office for not arriving as planned (or at all). Third of all, over here, you buy something, you pay for it. That's just the way it goesthe American (and every other country's) way. That goes for the UK (which is part of Europe, last I checked) as well. Don't play Miss Goody-Two-Shoes around here with me. I'm sorry, but I couldn't take any more babble from this YOU. I apologize if I have offended anyone other than you-know-who. Put me down for a Farmer votehe may be hot-headed but at least he's: willing to take a risk, be punctual, and deliver. Dave M come Meteorite Meteorites wrote: or who is tired of you and your arrogance emailsprobably never you see here in list write in pubblic a opinion on you of a member, but is suffice for me to know who it is against of you, and bushels getting tired a lot of persons with your arrogance. Come one members, write in pubblic it does thought of it of this character, have for case fear of him? Stop to broken me or the spam box is ready for you. = M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato Via Triestina 126/A - 30030 - TESSERA, VENEZIA, ITALY Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sale Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.com Collection Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.info International Meteorite Collectors Association #2140 MSN Messanger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EBAY.COM:http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/mcomemeteorite/ __ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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Michael, With the exception of the initial Matteo rant, which kind of turned me off, the India trip report I find very interesting. Keep this up; these on site field reports. That is where you shine. Steve Schoner/ams Michael Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, internet here is little better than smokesignals, it has taken me almost 2 hours to go through50 emails, so slow, and Matteo's crying like a 2 yearold baby. Matteo, shut the hell up, PLEASE, if I seeanother email about "Other people is make prices ruin"I will have to beat the hell out of you when I see you(Just kidding, but only a little).OKI am in the strewnfield. I have a small piece of the meteorite. IT is an Hchondrite and similar to Zag, veining andslickensides. There is EXTREME flooding here, all parts are underwater, there is NO HOPE of recovering more materialunless it is simply in a village and not known aboutyet. the strewnfield is some miles long, travelingbetween two villages that the local assured me wereonly 5 km apart by air took over 2 hours by road (ifyou can call it that). India is beautiful and horribleat the same time. The road is covered with untoldthousands of people, dogs, cows, goats, etc, NONE ofwhich move or are even slightly annoyed by theincessant use of the horn, we actually ran over a dogsfoot yesterday, he would not move until the car ranright over him. I felt sorry for it but then again ifanything is that stupid.I also wish I had a gun with me, to put some of thestupidist creature on the planet (The cow) out oftheir misery (or ignorant bliss) whichever it is.There are thousands of them, laying in the roads, carsjust go around them whereever possible. the entire area is flooded, and I mean bad, hundredsof thousands of miles under water, looks like theocean with small patched of trees and huts standingout of it. Roads are almost not more than small trailswith everyone and everything blocking them.Most of the meteorite has been taken by the police, Iam working on tracking down a couple of pieces, but itlooks hopeless as it takes me 6 hours to get to thearea even though it is only 70 miles away, the maxspees is about 10 miles an hour on the highway andabout 2 miles an hour on the village route. these are small villages, I mean aobut 10 famileseach, no electricity, nothing more than some mud hutsin a land of mud. I had to go on motorcycle for a fewmiles last night with a spectacular lightning show inthe distance, it was the most eery and beatiful driveI have ever taken, the flooded swampland, cool wind,nice people and all made me fell like I was in somesort of 16 th century expedition. When we got to thevillage, the people showed me where a 6-8 kilo stonefell, coming down right down the slanted roof of ahut, denting in the grass roof and making a largecrater at the base of the hut. That stone was taken 2days ago, but I have two competing guys traking downthe person who took it, to get it for me. We will seeif this hut smasher comes home with me. I do have a 13gram fragment of it, (They smashed it). The meteoriteis like Zag, large veins and slickensides.The 6 hour trip back to town last night was the mostharrowing of my life, I would say at least 50 nearhead on collisions with giant trucks, busses, allwithout lights, cars on the wrong side of the road,washed out roads, cows of course (and they would muchrather drive off a cliff and die than kill a cowhere!).there should be hundreds of stones, but it is allrivers and swamps and rice paddies, all under severalfeet of water, so virtually none will be recovered.I saw photos of the 5 kilo stone, very nice. Anyway, sorry for the format of this email, but usingthe computer here is not easy.Anyone thinking of coming to get some, forget it, asit is, with my 13 gram piece, i will have paid over$400.00 gram for my piece! But I will have memories ofa lifetime of this hunt, which doing it alone, Ialready consider by far my most exotic andinteresting. the people in the villages do not speak english orHindi, but Orissi, a local tribal language. the meteorite fell only about 1/2 mile from the Bay ofBengal (but now it seems to be in the Bay of bengalwith everything under water anyway). I will post more info as soon as I can. Mike FarmerMeteorite HunterWriting from Orissa India.__Meteorite-list mailing list[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search
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Hi Steve and List, I also find field reports such as this to be interesting reading. Just think, we get to read about these trips as they happen and our kids can read about them from later books andperiodical articles. In fact, I hope Mike and others who recover meteorites publish their reports in book form one day. -Walter --www.branchmeteorites.comWalter Branch, Ph.D.Branch MeteoritesPO Box 60492Savannah, GA 31420 - Original Message - From: Steve Schoner To: Michael Farmer ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 10:30 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] India Meteorite Report from the scene Michael, With the exception of the initial Matteo rant, which kind of turned me off, the India trip report I find very interesting. Keep this up; these on site field reports. That is where you shine. Steve Schoner/ams Michael Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, internet here is little better than smokesignals, it has taken me almost 2 hours to go through50 emails, so slow, and Matteo's crying like a 2 yearold baby. Matteo, shut the hell up, PLEASE, if I seeanother email about "Other people is make prices ruin"I will have to beat the hell out of you when I see you(Just kidding, but only a little).OKI am in the strewnfield. I have a small piece of the meteorite. IT is an Hchondrite and similar to Zag, veining andslickensides. There is EXTREME flooding here, all parts are underwater, there is NO HOPE of recovering more materialunless it is simply in a village and not known aboutyet. the strewnfield is some miles long, travelingbetween two villages that the local assured me wereonly 5 km apart by air took over 2 hours by road (ifyou can call it that). India is beautiful and horribleat the same time. The road is covered with untoldthousands of people, dogs, cows, goats, etc, NONE ofwhich move or are even slightly annoyed by theincessant use of the horn, we actually ran over a dogsfoot yesterday, he would not move until the car ranright over him. I felt sorry for it but then again ifanything is that stupid.I also wish I had a gun with me, to put some of thestupidist creature on the planet (The cow) out oftheir misery (or ignorant bliss) whichever it is.There are thousands of them, laying in the roads, carsjust go around them whereever possible. the entire area is flooded, and I mean bad, hundredsof thousands of miles under water, looks like theocean with small patched of trees and huts standingout of it. Roads are almost not more than small trailswith everyone and everything blocking them.Most of the meteorite has been taken by the police, Iam working on tracking down a couple of pieces, but itlooks hopeless as it takes me 6 hours to get to thearea even though it is only 70 miles away, the maxspees is about 10 miles an hour on the highway andabout 2 miles an hour on the village route. these are small villages, I mean aobut 10 famileseach, no electricity, nothing more than some mud hutsin a land of mud. I had to go on motorcycle for a fewmiles last night with a spectacular lightning show inthe distance, it was the most eery and beatiful driveI have ever taken, the flooded swampland, cool wind,nice people and all made me fell like I was in somesort of 16 th century expedition. When we got to thevillage, the people showed me where a 6-8 kilo stonefell, coming down right down the slanted roof of ahut, denting in the grass roof and making a largecrater at the base of the hut. That stone was taken 2days ago, but I have two competing guys traking downthe person who took it, to get it for me. We will seeif this hut smasher comes home with me. I do have a 13gram fragment of it, (They smashed it). The meteoriteis like Zag, large veins and slickensides.The 6 hour trip back to town last night was the mostharrowing of my life, I would say at least 50 nearhead on collisions with giant trucks, busses, allwithout lights, cars on the wrong side of the road,washed out roads, cows of course (and they would muchrather drive off a cliff and die than kill a cowhere!).there should be hundreds of stones, but it is allrivers and swamps and rice paddies, all under severalfeet of water, so virtually none will be recovered.I saw photos of the 5 kilo stone, very nice. Anyway, sorry for the format of this email, but usingthe computer here is not easy.Anyone thinking of coming to get some, forget it, asit is, with my 13 gram piece, i will have paid over$400.00 gram for my piece! But I will have memories ofa lifetime of this hunt, which doing it alone, Ialready consider by far my most exotic andinteresting. the people in the v
