[meteorite-list] New Fall

[Jerry A. Wallace]

Hi Matthias, and List,


Matthias wrote:
> From Texas: Down there? Vineyard?  ---> Chile?

CHILE???!

I'm guessing that a good many of you might be surprised to learn that there
are a fair number of vineyards in Texas, mostly west Texas, that have been
producing excellent wines for several decades now. And, yes, we're famous
for oil wells, too. It turns out that this west Texas dirt/sand is not 
only good
for oil, but is compatible with cattle (and a few sheep) and also grows 
grapes
very well, too.

My wife and myself have enjoyed these fine wines for many years. They're
priced very reasonably compared to imported wines since they're produced
and bottled within a couple of hundred miles in almost any direction of my
home here in Odessa, Texas. We are fortunate to be able to buy these wines
from a discount wholesaler several cases at a time. Over the years we have
drank some excellent Portuguese, French, German and California wines.
These Texas wines are on a par with the best of the imports (and cheap!)
Many thanks are due to the fellows at Texas A&M (Agricultural and
Mechanical) University for the extensive work they have done over the years
to make Texas a competitive wine producing country.

CHILE, indeed!

As our tourism advertising slogan says, "Texas - a whole 'nuther country."

Since McCartney ranges far and wide in his meteorite searches throughout
Texas and Mexico my bet would be either USA/Texas or Mexico (there's
some fine vineyards there, as well.)

My congratulations to McCartney for tracking down yet another meteorite.
He's been busy emulating H.H. Nininger for some years now with productive
results to show for his efforts. Shows what a little hustle will do.

Best regards,

Jerry W.

PS... Speaking of Chile, that reminds me, Texas IS the number one producer
of the world's finest CHILI. Y'all come on down and I'll spot you to a bowl
of Texas Red (chili and wine) before we hit the desert in search of 
those plentiful
Texas meteorites.

................................................

Matthias Bärmann wrote:
> From Texas: Down there? Vineyard?  ---> Chile?

----- Original Message ----- From: "mccartney" 
<mccartney at blackbearddata.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 8:12 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] New Fall


> I've just returned from a new fall.   It looked like everyone missed 
> this fall, so I went.
>
> I spent 2 weeks down there  hunting down stones, and canvasing the 
> area house by house.  Its mainly agricultural land and dominated by 
> vineyards. Unfortunately, there is never plowing in vineyards, so no 
> more stones will be found. (maybe 1 or 2 in the coming years)  Most of 
> my time was spent in public outreach and teaching people how to 
> identify stones.
>
> TKW is 5 kg at this time.  I recovered 2.3kg.  Looks like an H4 or H5 
> Ordinary Chondrite.
>
> Conditions were not good for recovery, almost all stones punched into 
> the soft ground 1/4 meters.  Those stones that were recovered were 
> because they hit near someone or hit a road.
>
> http://texasmeteoritelab.com/x/img_1241.jpg
> http://texasmeteoritelab.com/x/img_1299.jpg
> http://texasmeteoritelab.com/x/img_1257.jpg
>
> I've got to get my saw up and running and cut specimens in the next 
> few days. I'll post more details later.
>
> Anyone want to guess which country the fall was in?
>
> -mt
>