[meteorite-list] Happy 10th Birthday Portales Valley

[bernd.pauli at paulinet.de]

Mike Farmer writes:

"I found one stone, and bought many more for a total of more than 15 kilos."

and: "Happy Birthday to one of my favorite meteorites"


A very enthusiastic Mike Farmer sent me this mail on Wed, 22 Jul 1998:

"Bernd, I just returned from the UofA where most of the analysis is being done.
 They loved this piece. It is quite obvious that this chondrite was smashed in
 a huge shock event and metal flowed into the stone crushed pieces. I wish they
 were all this nice! I had to pay over $...*/ gram for this slice and I will try
 to get another since it is so incredible."

* amount canceled by me because I don't know if Mike wants to keep this private

Best wishes from the happy owner of  an 11.5-gram metal-poor slice (M. Farmer),
a 3.9-gram metal-rich slice (M. Blood) and a PV thin section (M. Farmer),

Bernd