[meteorite-list] Happy 10th Birthday Portales Valley

[Robert Woolard]

  Amen to that!

  Robert Woolard

--- Michael Farmer <meteoriteguy at yahoo.com> wrote:


> Ten years ago today, June 13, 1998, one of the

> weirdest and most beautiful chondrites known fell in

> Portales, New Mexico. 

> I got a phone call from Jack Schrader, who said he

> saw it on the 10 pm news in Tucson that a large

> meteorite had fallen. Within an hour I was in my car

> on the road to New Mexico. This was my second fall

> chase in 3 months, as Monahans had fallen in Texas

> in March of 1998. 

> Portales was one of my favorite meteorite hunts, I

> found one stone, and bought many more for a total of

> more than 15 kilos. This was my first big score, and

> drove me to spend every minute on meteorites.

> Happy Birthday to one of my favorite meteorites, it

> is hard to believe that a decade has passed!

> Michael Farmer

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