[meteorite-list] Hunting in Norway...

[Jim Strope]

What are the large sizes that you have available? How much are you asking for pieces per gram?  With fusion crust is preferred.

Thanks,,,,,,,,,,,

Jim Strope


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Since others are sharing their Moss meteorite hunting experiences, I thought 
that it was time to share my own. I'm fortunate enough to live in Norway so, 
after hearing news of the first recoveries, quickly made plans to make the 
7h drive to Moss. I set out late in the evening on the 18th of July. After 
three Cokes, several orange juices, two hot dogs, a big bag of chips, and 2h 
of sleep, I arrived in Moss to be greeted by a beautiful sunny morning. 
People were out and about, and most had heard about the meteorites that had 
been recovered. After a quick tour to the area of the Johansen 750g 
recovery, I met up with a friend and we set off to see the site of the 
famous 'outhouse' incident. After failing to find the cabin and being told 
by another searcher that we were wasting our time searching the area because 
it had been searched out, we set off test this assertion. We found nothing, 
but, since the area is covered mostly with trees and fields, I would 
hesitate to say that it had been searched fully. Several more days of 
searching bush, islands, neighbourhoods, and industrial areas led to 
nothing. Even the leads were sparse. A possible rock on a golf course, a 
piece of obsidian, and sounds of falling rocks in Moss all turned out to be 
dead ends. The sound of falling rocks in Moss was, at first, thought to be 
interesting but, after talking to the man in question, it became clear that 
he had heard the sounds 2-4h after the fireball. Things became more exciting 
though on the last day trip (July 23rd), just as I was turning onto the 
highway to drive home. As luck would have it, I received a tip which 
actually turned out to be good! We investigated and found that a reasonable 
sized part rock had been recovered to the NW of the Johansen stone. Further 
searching of the area turned up many more fragments from a gram or two in 
size up to about 500g. As best I can tell from the recovered material, this 
stone hit a fence (as indicated by bits of plastic fence material on a piece 
of the stone) before breaking into many bits which were thrown in many 
directions and scattered over a large area. All in all, the trip was 
successful with material recovered and sent off for classification and 
counting work. Congratulations to all who have spent time searching in 
Norway. I believe that the positive efforts put forth by those in the field 
may help ward off the current push to make Norwegian meteorites state 
property. 

If you're interested in acquiring some of this material, please contact me 
off-list specifying the amount that you're looking for (preferably larger 
pieces at this time). 

Mike 
mjmazur at gmail.com 

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Michael Mazur 
Vigdelsvegen 523 
4054 Tjelta 
Norway 
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