[meteorite-list] West, freaky rock

[Mike Bandli]

Beautiful, indeed. I think it looks better than St. Michel. The difference is that even the tiniest slices are loaded. Wait until you see better photos! Steve's been busy on the saw and keeping the hotel guests up. 

Sorry to those who have been trying to get ahold of me. My phone is toast and we have been working a marathon. I promise to contact you this weekend when I get home. I have the worst sunburn of my life and my legs feel like they were run over by a tractor, yet I am having the time of my life. I found my first fall and many more and have made some new life-long friends. The food is fantastic, the people are friendly, and we are the first people to gaze upon these rocks from space. It is truly magical. 

I heart Texas. 

Best, 

Mike Bandli 




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Farmer" <meteoriteguy at yahoo.com> 
To: MeteorHntr at aol.com, meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com, "Jeff Kuyken" <info at meteorites.com.au> 
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 8:45:11 PM GMT -08:00 Tijuana / Baja California 
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] West, freaky rock 


It looks identical to St. Michel from Finland. 
L6 breccia. Beautiful meteorite, we are lucky with this one that at least many pristine stones are being found. I would kill to have a multi-kilo piece though. 
Michael Farmer 




--- On Fri, 2/27/09, Jeff Kuyken <info at meteorites.com.au> wrote: 

> From: Jeff Kuyken <info at meteorites.com.au> 
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] West, freaky rock 
> To: MeteorHntr at aol.com, meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com 
> Date: Friday, February 27, 2009, 9:42 PM 
> Nicely done for a bathroom studio Steve! ;-) Looks like a 
> very nice breccia! 
> 
> Cheers, 
> 
> Jeff 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: 
> <MeteorHntr at aol.com> 
> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> 
> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 3:28 PM 
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] West, freaky rock 
> 
> 
> > Hey All, 
> > 
> > It was a rewarding day outside  of West today. 
> > 
> > We got out of the field to the steak house then back 
> to  the hotel room and 
> > broke out the rock saw.  I cut one of the 97 stones 
> our  team has found so far, 
> > a 5.3g part stone, and folks, this is a freaky looking 
>  rock inside. 
> > 
> > Portales Valley was a ordinary H6 and this may be an 
> ordinary L6... but it 
> > is far from ordinary. 
> > 
> > It looks like a Howardite  inside.  Of course, 
> Howardites don't have free 
> > Copper in them. 
> > 
> > Here is a photo: 
> > 
> http://s361.photobucket.com/albums/oo52/stevearnoldpmh/?action=view&current=CIMG1414.jpg 
> > 
> > I am sorry the photo is not great, but considering the 
> bathroom photo studio 
> > has poor lighting, it was as good as I could get in 
> short order.  I  am sure 
> > many other people will be cutting theirs, so I am sure 
> more good photos will 
> > follow soon. 
> > 
> > Steve Arnold #1 
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