[meteorite-list] Titicaca meteorite-- phinally, photos

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only 20-30 kg? and where is go the others? A similar crater
minimum is a mass type Jilin

Matteo

----- Original Message -----
Da : Michael Farmer <meteoriteguy at yahoo.com>
A : cynapse at charter.net, Meteorite Mailing List
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Oggetto : Re: [meteorite-list] Titicaca meteorite--
phinally, photos
Data : Tue, 2 Oct 2007 11:48:57 -0700 (PDT)

> It is a real meteorite, the black is not fusion crust,
> but rather exposed shock veins. Very interesting
> meteorite, and not much will be found. FORGET about
> getting crater material, it has been more than two
> weeks in horrible water that people are urinating in
> for fun! The meteorite is very fragile, very porous,
> and will be rotted out already.
> I spoke with the landowner, who was our driver for
> days, and he told me that no more than 20-30 kilos was
> found and most was taken by tourists and locals. We
> managed to get some pieces in town from people who had
> picked them up, and we all found pieces ourselves with
> metal detectors. I found a metal nodule more than 1
> cm, weighing 6 grams. Very interesting. 
> I think it is an H5.
> Michael Farmer
> Any labs or scientists on this list who want samples,
> email me, I will gladly provide.
> Mike
> --- Darren Garrison <cynapse at charter.net> wrote:
> 
> > More photos:
> > 
> > http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/titicaca/
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