[meteorite-list] Palomas, Mexico H4 and Columbus, NM H5...paired?

[MARK BOSTICK]

Hellio list,

I asked the other day for information on Palomas, which I have not got a 
response, so if you can add more to the classication information of Palomas, 
please e-mail me.

Anyway.....someone brought to my attention, how close Columbus and Palomas 
are.....and the general classification of both meteorites.

So what do you guys (and gals) think?

Columbus
Stone Chondrite H5, S3, W3, Fa. 18.8, Fs 16.8, Wo 1.1
Lunar County, New Mexico
Cordinates: 31º49.777'N 107º23.667'W
Found on January 27, 1997
Found by Michael and Wren Cottingham
Total weight: 165 grams, largest 88.1 grams
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 82, 1998 July

Palomas
Stone Chondrite H4
Found near Palomas, Chihuahua. Mexico
Found late 2002
Total weight: 8.9 kg., single stone

     Three miles south of Columbus, New Mexico is the old sleepy Mexican 
village Palomas. This is a "crossing town" of Mexico and the United States. 
You can drive across or like many, simply park on the U.S. side and walk 
into Mexico. The towns survives by tourism of its resturants and gift shops.
     Columbus might best be know for being attacked by General Franisco 
"Pancho" Villa.  In the middle of the night on March 9, 1916, between 500 
and 600 Mexican revolutionaries, led by General Francisco "Pancho" Villa, 
crossed the border into the United States. Villa divided his troops and 
attacked Columbus from the southwest at approximately 4:20 am.  The 
Villistas concerned themselves more with raiding than killing, otherwise the 
town might have been erased.  By the time the raid was over, one half the 
invaders were killed or wounded and 18 Americans were dead. This was the 
last time a foreign government invaded the Continental United States. Today, 
Columbus has a population of a little under 2000.

     The Columbus meteorite was found January 27, 1997 in Luna County, New 
Mexico by meteorite hunters Michael and Wren Cottingham while hunting a dry 
lake bed.  Six small stones were found totaling 165 grams.  The largest 
sample weighed 88.1 grams/ 18.5 grams was donated to UCLA, where it was 
classified by A. Rubin as an Ordinary Stone Chondrite, H5.
     The Palomas meteorite was found during late 2002 near the village of 
Palomas, Chihuahua, Mexico. Only a single stone of 8.9 kg was found. This 
meteorite has been classified as an H4 chondrite.
     Both meteorites have a brown-black matrix with specks of metal 
distibuted pretty evenly between both stones.  It is hard to tell the two 
meteorites apart.
     IF BOTH meteorites are paired, not saying they are or that they are 
not, and they were distibuted in typical strewn field fashion, then this 
would mean the meteor of the fall came from a northern direction.  This 
would also suggest there is possibly more meteorites, located between 
Columbus and Palomas, or there abouts.


Clear Skies,
Mark Bostick
Wichita, Kansas
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