It doesn't matter to me what it is called. I'm just glad I bought a piece
from Michael Farmer. Being new to meteorites, this is my first one. I have
bought a few since, but I'm proud to have a Carancas for my first. ( you
know there are a few "firsts" in life that you NEVER FORGET.)
Thanks Michael
Barry Davis
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Farmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Tim Heitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Meteorite List"
<Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Carancas crater
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"
<meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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