[meteorite-list] Pasamonte stone! & FILMS

[Jeff Kuyken]

Bernd wrote:

"Pasamonte is unique in many different respects: another unique feature
was its glowing, twisted and distorted trail of ionized atmosperic gases
similar to the lingering trail of the Tagish Lake carbonaceous chondrite."

Reminds me of the Magadan, Russia meteor in July, 2000. There's a video of
it about halfway down my films page.

www.meteorites.com.au/films/

If anyone wants the meteor/truck commercial it is also availale here:

http://www.meteorites.com.au/films/desertmeteor.wmv.

Cheers,

Jeff


----- Original Message -----
From: bernd.pauli at paulinet.de
To: meteoritehunter at comcast.net ; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 1:14 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Pasamonte stone!


A "stoked" Mike Farmer wrote:

"Well, after 9 years of dealing and collecting meteorites, I have finally
succeeded
in getting a complete Pasamonte stone! I recently bought a stone from a
collector,
with British Museum label, 39 grams, Nininger #197V British Museum #
1959-756."

http://www.meteoriteguy.com/collection/pasamonte.htm

heck it out and tell me what you think.

Gee, that's  *g r e a t* ... like looking at the Holy Grail of meteorites!

" I am stoked about adding this rare little puppy to my "new" collection. "

One can really see "live" and "on-line" how excited Michael F. must have
been because in his write-up you can read that this stone "have" serious
provenance. Well, who wouldn't be overcome with such joy if we were him!

Pasamonte is a polymict, very friable, brecciated, noncumulate eucrite
and resembles my little Stannern piece that I purchased from Martin
Horejsi some time ago: black, glossy, frothy fusion crust, a shining white
interior, fragile and *beautiful*. Only difference: Stannern is monomict.

Pasamonte is unique in many different respects: another unique feature
was its glowing, twisted and distorted trail of ionized atmosperic gases
similar to the lingering trail of the Tagish Lake carbonaceous chondrite.

Mike, sincere congrats on the acquisition of this "drool-worthy" beauty!

Bernd