[meteorite-list] A Rare Arizona Meteorite Find plus a possible "NEW" New Mexico Strewnfield

[Ruben Garcia]

Hi Melanie,

I have been asked that question and to honest I don't know.

Ruben




On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Melanie Matthews
<spacewoman2775 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> That's a really cool rock, Ruben! Are you going to sell any of it after you

> get the results? I'd like a piece of it..

>

> Cheers

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>> Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 13:15:26 -0700

>> From: mrmeteorite at gmail.com

>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com

>> Subject: [meteorite-list] A Rare Arizona Meteorite Find plus a possible

>> "NEW" New Mexico Strewnfield

>>

>> Hi all,

>>

>> On September 24, 2009 I made (what I think will be) one of the most

>> important Arizona meteorite finds of my life. I found what is probably

>> a very rare achondrite meteorite. I say probably because no one can

>> definitively say what type it is just by looking. It is currently

>> being classified at ASU by Lawrence Garvie – so we will soon know.

>>

>> Here is a link

>> http://www.mr-meteorite.net/ararearizonafind.htm

>>

>>

>> This past weekend – in an attempt to find more - I put together a team

>> of top notch meteorite hunters (Mike Miller, Sonny Clary, Stan Wall,

>> Del Waterbury, Mike Morgan and Myself). Unfortunately, between the

>> rains and mud we came up empty.

>>

>> After checking the weather (online) with a very helpful Susan Morrison

>> we decided that in order to get out of the rain we needed to head

>> east. Within a sort time we found ourselves in an area in New Mexico

>> where no finds have been recorded.

>>

>> We hunted for an hour or two when I spotted Mike Morgan and Del

>> examining a stone. Sure enough Del had found his first cold find and

>> it was a very fresh looking meteorite! Mike Morgan was next to find

>> one and then shortly after I did too.

>>

>> We think this may prove to be a “NEW” and very fresh New Mexico Strewn

>> field. Time will tell as we return to hunt for more of these

>> beautifully crusted specimens in the weeks to come.

>>

>> Take a look

>> http://www.mr-meteorite.net/newmexicometeorites.htm

>>

>>

>> Ruben Garcia

>> Phoenix, Arizona

>> WWW.Mr-Meteorite.Net

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