[meteorite-list] New Park Forest House Smasher
Bernd V. Pauli
bernd.pauli at paulinet.de
Sat Apr 2 18:54:08 EDT 2011
Hello Carl, Bill, and List,
"it would be worth less per gram the larger the size though"
I beg to differ ... at least in this specific case!
Just try to find any Park Forest meteorites for sale right now (of course, I don't
know if there are any private or anonymous sellers) from our well-known, reliable
sources, it's nearly impossible to find any offered online.
The "unreported" new house smasher is a different affair. It has a weird smell to it.
Such a hefty specimen would probably have made it into the media a long time ago
already.
But: a typical Park Forest individual will probably have certain tell-tale characteristics
that "Park Forest Experts" like Steve Witt, John Sinclair, Paul Sipiera, Steve Arnold,
Geoff Notkin et al. will readily recognize!
Around "2 or 3 pounds" sounds like that could be the 1006 gr Kolkebeck specimen (?)
which landed in the rain gutter (See: Meteorite, Aug 2003,Vol. 9, No.3, pp. 08-14).
Best wishes,
Bernd
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