[meteorite-list] Titicaca meteorite-- phinally, photos

[M come Meteorite Meteorites]

only 20-30 kg? and where is go the others? A similar crater
minimum is a mass type Jilin

Matteo

----- Original Message -----
Da : Michael Farmer <meteoriteguy at yahoo.com>
A : cynapse at charter.net, Meteorite Mailing List
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Oggetto : Re: [meteorite-list] Titicaca meteorite--
phinally, photos
Data : Tue, 2 Oct 2007 11:48:57 -0700 (PDT)


> It is a real meteorite, the black is not fusion crust,

> but rather exposed shock veins. Very interesting

> meteorite, and not much will be found. FORGET about

> getting crater material, it has been more than two

> weeks in horrible water that people are urinating in

> for fun! The meteorite is very fragile, very porous,

> and will be rotted out already.

> I spoke with the landowner, who was our driver for

> days, and he told me that no more than 20-30 kilos was

> found and most was taken by tourists and locals. We

> managed to get some pieces in town from people who had

> picked them up, and we all found pieces ourselves with

> metal detectors. I found a metal nodule more than 1

> cm, weighing 6 grams. Very interesting. 

> I think it is an H5.

> Michael Farmer

> Any labs or scientists on this list who want samples,

> email me, I will gladly provide.

> Mike

> --- Darren Garrison <cynapse at charter.net> wrote:

> 

> > More photos:

> > 

> > http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/titicaca/

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