[meteorite-list] FW: Cryptic AZ fall?

[Fries, Marc D (3225)]

Hm.   Whetstone Mts., perhaps?

Cheers,
MDF


On 11/4/09 5:52 PM, "Dave Gheesling" <dave at fallingrocks.com> wrote:


> <<whether you realize it or not, the meteorite's name is staring right at

> you>>

> <<who's going to be the first to figure it out?>>

> 

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> What is the official name of the meteorite that fell in southern Arizona

> this summer?  Heard it was "Benson" from someone.  Everybody was looking for

> that one, but it's been quiet since Jack Schrader posted his announcement.

> This is probably because of all the other distractions.

> 

> Stone number one was recovered by Schrader, a meteorite hunter, less than 45

> hours after the fall.  That's a first, at least here in the United States.

> Only European meteorite hunter Thomas Grau, I think, has triangulated and

> personally recovered the first stone from a fall before Schrader?  Not

> nearly as quickly as Schrader found his piece, but almost improbable to

> believe this could happen twice in the same year and never before!  Everyone

> out in the southwest hunted for the meteorite, but presumably no one else

> found a piece.

> 

> Memory tells me that Schrader was very concerned with doing good field

> science around this fall - with documenting the event and mapping the strewn

> field?  Only a few hunters were brought into his recovery project.

> Unusually enough, virtually nothing has been said publicly about this "new

> Arizona fall."  Not until today, anyway.

> 

> This is the first step towards formally introducing the meteorite to the

> public.  Arizona's second-ever witnessed fall.  It has been a real honor to

> have documented the event and recovery for Schrader.  Now, whether you

> realize it or not, the meteorite's name is staring right at you.  Shouldn't

> take long.so, who's going to be the first to figure it out?

> 

> Dave Gheesling

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