[meteorite-list] Gary Curtiss

[Pat Brown]

A Big Welcome to Gary

Thank You for a new meteorite from the great state of
Colorado. 

With Best Regards from a Colorado native, 
                                      Pat Brown
--- bernd.pauli at paulinet.de wrote:

> Gary writes: "OK, I never contribute to this list so
> here is my first entry..."
> 
> Hello Gary and List,
> 
> This may be Gary's first entry, but, just in case
> someone thinks:
> "Where have I heard that name before?" I can help
> you a little:
> 
> Clifford (L6; S3; W2)
> 
> An 11.36 kg stone was found in uncultivated
> rangeland by a local resident
> who thought it looked unusual, and kept it in a rock
> garden. The stone was
> recognized as a meteorite in 1997 by Gary Curtiss.
> 
> Classification and mineralogy (A. Rubin, UCLA):
> olivine, Fa25.2±0.3; shock
> stage, S3; weathering grade W2. Specimens: Main
> mass, Mr. Gary Curtiss,
> Lakewood, CO; type specimen, 46.6 g, UCLA; 596.5 g,
> NHM (Meteoritical
> Bulletin, No. 84, 2000 August).
> 
> Best wishes, and, yes, Clifford is definitely more
> interesting than endless
> discussions about former List members and their
> respective reputations ;-)
> 
> Bernd
> 
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