[meteorite-list] Gary Curtiss

[Pat Brown]

A Big Welcome to Gary

Thank You for a new meteorite from the great state of
Colorado. 

With Best Regards from a Colorado native, 
                                      Pat Brown
--- bernd.pauli at paulinet.de wrote:


> Gary writes: "OK, I never contribute to this list so

> here is my first entry..."

> 

> Hello Gary and List,

> 

> This may be Gary's first entry, but, just in case

> someone thinks:

> "Where have I heard that name before?" I can help

> you a little:

> 

> Clifford (L6; S3; W2)

> 

> An 11.36 kg stone was found in uncultivated

> rangeland by a local resident

> who thought it looked unusual, and kept it in a rock

> garden. The stone was

> recognized as a meteorite in 1997 by Gary Curtiss.

> 

> Classification and mineralogy (A. Rubin, UCLA):

> olivine, Fa25.2±0.3; shock

> stage, S3; weathering grade W2. Specimens: Main

> mass, Mr. Gary Curtiss,

> Lakewood, CO; type specimen, 46.6 g, UCLA; 596.5 g,

> NHM (Meteoritical

> Bulletin, No. 84, 2000 August).

> 

> Best wishes, and, yes, Clifford is definitely more

> interesting than endless

> discussions about former List members and their

> respective reputations ;-)

> 

> Bernd

> 

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