[meteorite-list] Re: Moss Meteorite
Hi Robert, As Mike mentioned, it is extremely fine-grained and not only difficult to see 'in-person' but almost impossible to photograph too. Judging by some of the other pics I've seen, I think some of the larger fragments with a larger flat broken surface area tend to highlight the interior a little better. The main problem with viewing this meteorite, is the fact that you can only see so much from a broken fragment surface. It's impossible to see how tightly packed the chondrules are and therefore how big and how many there actually are. Obviously. the best way to see the interior would be with a polished surface and I've been thinking about polishing the flat side of my fragment. But I haven't quite talked myself into it yet! ;-) I'd be really interested to see what Mike's polished piece is like. As to the attraction to a magnet... well... there's HEAPS! I didn't want to get a magnet to close to my fragment, so I left it in the membrane box in the plastic bag. The 1.23g was enough to hold the fragment, box and bag with a 25mm neodymium magnet disc. I'd say the attraction is like an LL or possibly somewhere between an LL to L chondrite. But like Mike, I'm just looking forward to the preliminary classification results! Cheers, Jeff - Original Message - From: Matson, Robert To: Jeff Kuyken ; Meteorite List Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 3:43 PM Subject: Moss Meteorite Thanks, Jeff, for posting images and observations of your 1.23-gram crusted fragment of the Moss (prov.) meteorite. The interior color still reminds me of a CK chondrite (more so than CO), but the smaller chondrule size would seem to rule out CK. Your link says, in part: Chondrule size would be approximately =0.5mm leaning towards a lower range of about 0.25mm-0.3mm. I mentioned before on the list that Mike's description of the chondrule size (and now, with more specificity, yours) would favor CM over CO. Mean chondrule size for CO is 0.15mm diameter, while for CM it is twice this. Do you (or you, Mike) believe that if you counted chondrules in your specimen that there would be more in the 0.3mm bin than in the 0.15mm bin, or is it a toss up? Jeff also wrote: The meteorite also has a considerable attraction to a magnet. And David Weir's image at http://meteoritestudies.com/MOSS.JPG http://meteoritestudies.com/MOSS.JPG shows numerous orange-colored stains that look very much like those in a (fairly strongly magnetic) CK4 meteorite I have. CKs are more magnetic than CO, CM or LL chondrites (but less than L chondrites). For those that have a sample of Moss, can you estimate where its magnetism falls compared to some other known types? Best, Rob __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Re: Moss Meteorite - The uncut story...
Hello Mike Mazur, Wanted to personally thank you for your informative posts. You were the first to post to the List, last month, asking if anybody knew what were the laws related to finding meteorites in Norway. When you never got an answer to your question, you went out and searched for the answers. (Actually, there were some posts by people who only guessed at what was the Law, but they only succeeded in muddying the issue.) Your decision to donate is an honorable one. Although, I doubt that it will change the minds or opinions of museum directors, at least you can always say that you did your part. Now, I have one last question: You already explained to the List how you and Bjorn came into possession of your fragments from the Moss fall: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2006-August/186072.html ... As luck would have it, I received a tip which actually turned out to be good! We investigated and found that a reasonable sized part rock ***had been recovered*** to the NW of the Johansen stone. Further searching of the area turned up many more fragments from a gram or two in size up to about 500g. So, my question is, who was the original finder, or will this finder remain anonymous? Again, congratulations on a job well-done, Bob V. -- Original Message [meteorite-list] Moss Meteorite - The uncut story... Michael Mazur mjmazur at gmail.com Thu Aug 17 02:08:04 EDT 2006 http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2006-August/186491.html __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Re: Moss meteorite sales
Really Matteo, $200 gram is too much? $100 gram max? Murchison has a total known weight of over 250 kilograms, I have no problem selling it for $100.00 per gram. As of now, there is barely 3 kilograms of this material. Perhaps one kilogram total on the market. Based on my sales in the last hour, $200 per gram must be a fair price. Don't worry about it Matteo, it seems you will not get any. It seems that you are never happy, either the market is in ruin or meteorites are overpriced. Which is it? Michael Farmer -Original Message- From: M come Meteorite Meteorites [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 11:03 AM To: Eric Twelker; Michael Farmer; Meteorite Mailing List Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Moss Carbonaceous Chondrite sales. every dealers sale the meteorites for the prices he want. Is not a law a dealer have to respect a price of another dealer. And sinceraly for me $200/gr. is to much, $100/gr. max its a ok price...or I have to sale my Siena piece for $8000/gr. only why its impossible find a piece, and TKW its many under the Moss meteorite? Matteo __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Re: Moss meteorite sales
Adam, you embarrass yourself with such posts. We sought, and received permission to search the Cement factory, and they were excited for us when we found it. Morten Bilet is Norwegian, and spoke to everyone, who had seen him on TV and in the newspaper every day. Please contain your usual poisonous emails since you are too lazy to go on real hunts yourself. I know you are pissed that you didnt go, and you hate to see me making money on sales. But as an IMCA board member, I would expect more courtesy from a person like you. The fact that you are a board member is one main reason why I will not join the IMCA. Matt Morgan also posted that it was illegal to remove meteorites from Norway when I posted that we had found one, which is not true of course. It seems that other dealers feel no need to show professional courtesy to successful hunters anymore. Are you going to now accuse Morten Bilet of being a thief? You had better get your facts strait before you make such accusations. Michael Farmer __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Moss meteorite sales
Mike: I do not recall saying it was illegal after you had found one. I was merely asking the list if anyone knew the hunting laws in Norway as I was strongly considering flying over. Several other hunters told me to that it was illegal to remove ANY cultural property. Since there was confusion over the laws, I abandoned the trip. Mr. Mazur has done his homework and it appears to be OK...for now. Matt Michael Farmer wrote: Adam, you embarrass yourself with such posts. We sought, and received permission to search the Cement factory, and they were excited for us when we found it. Morten Bilet is Norwegian, and spoke to everyone, who had seen him on TV and in the newspaper every day. Please contain your usual poisonous emails since you are too lazy to go on real hunts yourself. I know you are pissed that you didn’t go, and you hate to see me making money on sales. But as an IMCA board member, I would expect more courtesy from a person like you. The fact that you are a board member is one main reason why I will not join the IMCA. Matt Morgan also posted that it was illegal to remove meteorites from Norway when I posted that we had found one, which is not true of course. It seems that other dealers feel no need to show professional courtesy to successful hunters anymore. Are you going to now accuse Morten Bilet of being a thief? You had better get your facts strait before you make such accusations. Michael Farmer __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Moss meteorite sales
The first post was before you had anything in your posession, Mike. It was mererly a heads up to you. Find me the second message that you say I posted after you found it, becasue I cannot in the archives. Matt Michael Farmer wrote: Actually Matt, Here are the emails you wrote saying that it was illegal. Looks pretty cut and dry to me. Matt Morgan mmorgan at mhmeteorites.com Sun Jul 23 13:52:24 EDT 2006 Previous message: [meteorite-list] New Met Friend Next message: [meteorite-list] Norway here we come! Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] +++Mike: You may be able to touch the pieces, but it is illegal to remove them from Norway. Which is a real bummer. Be careful. Matt You also wrote after I posted that we found a piece that it was illegal to remove from the country. That is not true. Michael Farmer Mike: I do not recall saying it was illegal after you had found one. I was merely asking the list if anyone knew the hunting laws in Norway as I was strongly considering flying over. Several other hunters told me to that it was illegal to remove ANY cultural property. Since there was confusion over the laws, I abandoned the trip. Mr. Mazur has done his homework and it appears to be OK...for now. Matt __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Moss meteorite sales
If it is not illegal, then my sources were wrong. You and Mazur gathered more facts that I had access to. Point was you mentioned my name and didn't quote how I said it. That pisses me off. It had nothing to do with jealousy, I am not that kind of person; am quite happy with what I have. Matt Michael Farmer wrote: No, I cant find it either, but you did not ask the list, you SAID IT WAS ILLEGAL. It is not, so you were wrong, flat out. Mike --- Matt Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The first post was before you had anything in your posession, Mike. It was mererly a heads up to you. Find me the second message that you say I posted after you found it, becasue I cannot in the archives. Matt Michael Farmer wrote: Actually Matt, Here are the emails you wrote saying that it was illegal. Looks pretty cut and dry to me. Matt Morgan mmorgan at mhmeteorites.com Sun Jul 23 13:52:24 EDT 2006 Previous message: [meteorite-list] New Met Friend Next message: [meteorite-list] Norway here we come! Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] +++Mike: You may be able to touch the pieces, but it is illegal to remove them from Norway. Which is a real bummer. Be careful. Matt You also wrote after I posted that we found a piece that it was illegal to remove from the country. That is not true. Michael Farmer Mike: I do not recall saying it was illegal after you had found one. I was merely asking the list if anyone knew the hunting laws in Norway as I was strongly considering flying over. Several other hunters told me to that it was illegal to remove ANY cultural property. Since there was confusion over the laws, I abandoned the trip. Mr. Mazur has done his homework and it appears to be OK...for now. Matt __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Moss meteorite sales
It is just amazing though, that every time I go somewhere, people come out of the woodwork making statements and accusations. It smells of jealousy, since you hardly ever post to the list, but jump so soon to say what I am doing is illegal, which the museum of Norway has said in it's own words, it is not. It offends me, and pisses me off quite frankly, since you stated it was illegal, just because your sources told you it was. I suggest you find new sources since they seem to have no idea what they are talking about. Michael Farmer --- Matt Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If it is not illegal, then my sources were wrong. You and Mazur gathered more facts that I had access to. Point was you mentioned my name and didn't quote how I said it. That pisses me off. It had nothing to do with jealousy, I am not that kind of person; am quite happy with what I have. Matt Michael Farmer wrote: No, I cant find it either, but you did not ask the list, you SAID IT WAS ILLEGAL. It is not, so you were wrong, flat out. Mike --- Matt Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The first post was before you had anything in your posession, Mike. It was mererly a heads up to you. Find me the second message that you say I posted after you found it, becasue I cannot in the archives. Matt Michael Farmer wrote: Actually Matt, Here are the emails you wrote saying that it was illegal. Looks pretty cut and dry to me. Matt Morgan mmorgan at mhmeteorites.com Sun Jul 23 13:52:24 EDT 2006 Previous message: [meteorite-list] New Met Friend Next message: [meteorite-list] Norway here we come! Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] +++Mike: You may be able to touch the pieces, but it is illegal to remove them from Norway. Which is a real bummer. Be careful. Matt You also wrote after I posted that we found a piece that it was illegal to remove from the country. That is not true. Michael Farmer Mike: I do not recall saying it was illegal after you had found one. I was merely asking the list if anyone knew the hunting laws in Norway as I was strongly considering flying over. Several other hunters told me to that it was illegal to remove ANY cultural property. Since there was confusion over the laws, I abandoned the trip. Mr. Mazur has done his homework and it appears to be OK...for now. Matt __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Re: Moss meteorite sales
fast or late I have a piece for the price I want, I am just in contact with a person in Norvay have soem pieces...Murchison have 250 kg. total mass? Where? Its max 100 kg. and calculate for $200/gr. I have Cold Bokkeveld. Many collectors I am in contact are of the same my idea, $200/gr. its a exaggerated priceno problem, I waith, the prices go down type many others recent falls, example Oum Dreyga, $12/gr. first pieces, now $2-3/gr. etc Matteo Really Matteo, $200 gram is too much? $100 gram max? Murchison has a total known weight of over 250 kilograms, I have no problem selling it for $100.00 per gram. As of now, there is barely 3 kilograms of this material. Perhaps one kilogram total on the market. Based on my sales in the last hour, $200 per gram must be a fair price. Don't worry about it Matteo, it seems you will not get any. It seems that you are never happy, either the market is in ruin or meteorites are overpriced. Which is it? Michael Farmer -Original Message- From: M come Meteorite Meteorites [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 11:03 AM To: Eric Twelker; Michael Farmer; Meteorite Mailing List Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Moss Carbonaceous Chondrite sales. every dealers sale the meteorites for the prices he want. Is not a law a dealer have to respect a price of another dealer. And sinceraly for me $200/gr. is to much, $100/gr. max its a ok price...or I have to sale my Siena piece for $8000/gr. only why its impossible find a piece, and TKW its many under the Moss meteorite? Matteo M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato Via Triestina 126/A - 30030 - TESSERA, VENEZIA, ITALY Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sale Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.it Collection Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.info MSN Messanger: spacerocks at hotmail.com EBAY.COM:http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/mcomemeteorite/ Chiacchiera con i tuoi amici in tempo reale! http://it.yahoo.com/mail_it/foot/*http://it.messenger.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
RE: [meteorite-list] Re: Moss meteorite sales
Actually Matt, Here are the emails you wrote saying that it was illegal. Looks pretty cut and dry to me. Matt Morgan mmorgan at mhmeteorites.com Sun Jul 23 13:52:24 EDT 2006 Previous message: [meteorite-list] New Met Friend Next message: [meteorite-list] Norway here we come! Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] +++Mike: You may be able to touch the pieces, but it is illegal to remove them from Norway. Which is a real bummer. Be careful. Matt You also wrote after I posted that we found a piece that it was illegal to remove from the country. That is not true. Michael Farmer Mike: I do not recall saying it was illegal after you had found one. I was merely asking the list if anyone knew the hunting laws in Norway as I was strongly considering flying over. Several other hunters told me to that it was illegal to remove ANY cultural property. Since there was confusion over the laws, I abandoned the trip. Mr. Mazur has done his homework and it appears to be OK...for now. Matt __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Re: Moss meteorite
Hello Robert, Sorry for not answering yor email around the times I went to Moss. I had no Internet acess there, and it was extremely hot and hectic there too... :-) You are right about the stone we first heard about on the 23rd of July. Believe it or not that's my birthday! So it was a tremendous day for me...! This stone, (found prior to Morten/Farmer/Wards stone) was picked up by the original finder in the middle of the week before this. Wedensday the 19th I think, but it was originally spotted one or two days before. Some of what happened on that day: On Sunday the 23rd I was searching around on my own, along the center line as it seemed to appear at the time using the two first finds. I parked my car where the 'centerline' met with the lake area about 1 km NW of the 752g Johansen stone. I zigzagged from this spot following the roads in the dwelling area NW of the 752 stone. I talked to several of Johansens neighbours, one living just 3 houses away knew nothing about any meteorite at all. His son of about 12 said when he heard about it:' What - a meteorite here!'. One of his other neighbours new about the Martinsen find but not of his neighbours much bigger fall! He had just arrived from the holiday when I met him. I told them to carefully search their gardens, and I did fully tell them what was the real value of a stone like this. Not all seemed to believe what I was telling them... When I had passed Johansen house and went through a narrow bush area I met up with the water on the SE side. I went back again in a large circle around the Johansen neighbourhood following the roads. I saw nothing of interest, just some glassy factory slag that certainly would catch the locals attention as a possible meteorite. I went down to the water in the SE for the second time. I was a bit tired of this now. Michael Mazur on this day had been searching in the area around Martinsens cabin where he chanced upon Gren and Ralew from Germany and Marcins polish team. They had found nothing either. Then he suddenly called me, he was now just north of Johansens house, by the playing ground. So I went up to him, a bit desolated, and he told me had to go back home for his job the next day. Mazur as the smart guy he is, had succeded in getting an article in the Moss newspaper with the title 'Meteorite-hunter on the spot' ( he asked me to join him on this, but I was to tired or to accustomed to use such a way for hunting meteorites, so I turned down his offer - stupid of me). Anyway, as I met Mazur with his car and he told me he had to leave for home quite soon now, I said:'Well, at least you should a get a real interesting local stone with you as a memory [as long as you didn't find a meteorite]!' So, off I went into the thickest bush, where I half an hour before had spotted a good example of a rhombic-porfyric (norw:'rombeporfyr') volcanic rock so typical of the permian volcanism around the Oslofjord area. When I came back to his car with his souvenir, IT had happened! He had just then gotten a phone call because of the article in the newspaper that day. He was talking to them. He said to me, 'This sounds interesting, we should check this out!' I placed his souvenir on the floor of the car quickly And, off we went. We met the excited finders. A fairly flat stone wrapped in aluminum foil was shown to us. We had our doubts at this point. Off the cover went. 'Is this a .?' Well, a split-second later it was clear to both of us!! A fairly large stone with 2/3 of black crust, some spots non crusted and with a middle-dark gray interior, was there right before our eyes. It certainly was a beautiful example of the 'Moss'-fall, just the type the whole bunch of meteorite-searchers hab been looking for most of the week. We were so lucky to later find more pieces that day where we learned the rock had originally been found.. What a birthday celebration for a meteorite-hunter...! So the list should be like this, I have ammended some information: 1. 35 gr - The first at Martinsens cabin, found friday 14. july 1025 (as the fall time) 2. 750 gr - Johansens house, monday 17. july. 3. 1-2 kg in all - 19th/23rd July. NW of Johansen stone 4. 800 gr - Who M. Bilet found together with Mike Farmer sunday 30 july. No location information. 5. 676 gr - Found on a company`s roof friday 4 august. When I came back to the hotel that evening with my equipment and alone, I spotted some guys at a table which I had not met in real life before... One of them loking my way, I certainly thought it must be the one and only Mike Farmer! One guy with long curly hair, seemingly having a good time, had his back towards me. It had to be Robert Haag. The meteorite world had come to Norway... A memorable birthday. Bjørn Sørheim, in Norway Hello Morton and List, This may be just a minor point but for purposes of clarification, I would like to suggest that your list of found stones be renumbered.
Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Moss meteorite
Hi, All, This accounting would put the total mass in the range of 3261 gm. to 4261 gm. and the guessing-game winner would be Jim Strope on the low end and Alex Seidel at the high end, with the dividing line between them being at a total of 3705.71 gm. Still, that 1000 gram uncertainty is a little vague. I guess we won't know for sure for a while. And who knows, years down the line, what the official weight will be when it's published in MetBul? After leading through the first turn, I was cleanly passed on the back stretch... What was interesting to me was that my guess was the result of a logical methodology I cooked up to produce an estimate of the total recoverable weight of a fall based on strewnfield size and posted the figures to the List (method explained in Norwegian Meteorite Weight Guess, July 19, 2006). I was surprised that it worked so well. At the last minute, I cut my estimate about in half because I thought finding the stones in Norway would be extra difficult, but the truth is: except for the blank expanse of a desert or dry lake bed, most places on Earth are equally difficult to search, just for different reasons. If I'd stuck with 5500 gm., I might, 2-3 years later, have been right. I need to apply the methodology I created to all the falls I can find data on, turn it into an universal formula, and see how it predicts future falls. If I ever do that, I will report it here. It would be a useful tool and a big help to hunters, if it worked... Meanwhile, the project to produce a high quality pseudo-champagne to celebrate my short-lived lead in the Meteorite Sweepstakes was very successful, although it required a lot of taste testing... I plan to market the resulting concoction under the name SHAMPAGNE. Like all fine non-wine wine products, it's a varietal, and will be available in Regular and Diet! Sterling K. Webb - - Original Message - From: Bjorn Sorheim [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2006 11:00 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Re: Moss meteorite Hello Robert, Sorry for not answering yor email around the times I went to Moss. I had no Internet acess there, and it was extremely hot and hectic there too... :-) You are right about the stone we first heard about on the 23rd of July. Believe it or not that's my birthday! So it was a tremendous day for me...! This stone, (found prior to Morten/Farmer/Wards stone) was picked up by the original finder in the middle of the week before this. Wedensday the 19th I think, but it was originally spotted one or two days before. Some of what happened on that day: On Sunday the 23rd I was searching around on my own, along the center line as it seemed to appear at the time using the two first finds. I parked my car where the 'centerline' met with the lake area about 1 km NW of the 752g Johansen stone. I zigzagged from this spot following the roads in the dwelling area NW of the 752 stone. I talked to several of Johansens neighbours, one living just 3 houses away knew nothing about any meteorite at all. His son of about 12 said when he heard about it:' What - a meteorite here!'. One of his other neighbours new about the Martinsen find but not of his neighbours much bigger fall! He had just arrived from the holiday when I met him. I told them to carefully search their gardens, and I did fully tell them what was the real value of a stone like this. Not all seemed to believe what I was telling them... When I had passed Johansen house and went through a narrow bush area I met up with the water on the SE side. I went back again in a large circle around the Johansen neighbourhood following the roads. I saw nothing of interest, just some glassy factory slag that certainly would catch the locals attention as a possible meteorite. I went down to the water in the SE for the second time. I was a bit tired of this now. Michael Mazur on this day had been searching in the area around Martinsens cabin where he chanced upon Gren and Ralew from Germany and Marcins polish team. They had found nothing either. Then he suddenly called me, he was now just north of Johansens house, by the playing ground. So I went up to him, a bit desolated, and he told me had to go back home for his job the next day. Mazur as the smart guy he is, had succeded in getting an article in the Moss newspaper with the title 'Meteorite-hunter on the spot' ( he asked me to join him on this, but I was to tired or to accustomed to use such a way for hunting meteorites, so I turned down his offer - stupid of me). Anyway, as I met Mazur with his car and he told me he had to leave for home quite soon now, I said:'Well, at least you should a get a real interesting local stone with you as a memory [as long as you didn't find a meteorite]!' So, off I went into the thickest bush, where I half an hour before had spotted
[meteorite-list] Re: Moss meteorite
Hello Morton and List, This may be just a minor point but for purposes of clarification, I would like to suggest that your list of found stones be renumbered. It has already become a matter of public record that the 3rd stone was found prior to 23 July. See Mike Mazur's post: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2006-August/186072.html You and I have talked at length about this 3rd stone before you made your find of the 4th stone, and there are already a number of email messages that have made reference to the 23July find being the 3rd stone. Maintaining the chronology that you intended in your listing of the Moss meteorite finds will minimize confusion down the road. Thanks for giving this some consideration, and congratulations for being the first meteorite hunter to find a whole stone of the Moss meteorite! Bob V. - Original Message -- [meteorite-list] Moss meteorite Morten Bilet barb-o at online.no Thu Aug 10 03:43:05 EDT 2006 Hi meteorite mailinglist. I`m one of the finder of the Moss-meteorite (I found together with Mike F) It will come a full report with all details later from Knut Jørgen Røed Ødegaard and me about this fall. But can here summarize little. So far its been found five stones at total weight at aprox 3,1 kg. 1. 35 gr - The first at Martinsens cabin, found friday 14. july 1025 (as the fall time) 2. 750 gr - Johansens house, monday 17. july. 3. 800 gr - Who I together with Mike Farmer found sunday 30 july. 4. 6-800gr - [23July] Its minimal information about this stone. Michael Mazur or Bjørn Sørheim have some info. 5. 676 gr - Found on a company`s roof friday 4 august. I have seen all the stones in my hand exept nr. 4 only at pictures. Nr. 2 and 5 are whole pieces (very minimal damage) They are also paired. Nr. 3 are in many pieces. Nr. 4 are at least in two pieces (maybe more) and the smallest nr. 1 has lost some few smaller pieces. Over a kilo is available at the marked so far, but not nr. 1, 2 and 5. Havent time for more details now, are in the strewnfield every day (I live only 20 minutes from the strewnfield) Full report later. Best wishes Morten Bilet __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
