[meteorite-list] Pasamonte-B

[Chris Spratt]

Maybe Michael Cottingham can assist.


"Pasamonte (b) was recovered from Union County, New Mexico during August 
of 2001. One stone chondrite meteorite, 185 grams, was found by Michael 
Cottingham who wrote the following on this find; "My wife Wren and I 
spent a lot of time this summer hunting The Pasamonte Strewnfield 
looking for more of the Pasamonte (Eucrite). This Eucrite is way too 
fragile to have survived on the ground since its fall....but I needed to 
get this search out of my mind once and for all. We hiked and searched 
the Pasamonte Strewnfield for several hundred hours and probably walked 
over 100 miles....searching...searching. While we didn't find any of the 
Eucrites....we did find this one little stone tucked away in an eroded 
area. Gary Huss at ASU did the work on this stone and it is an L6. I 
think it is very pretty and with a low known weight very desirable. The 
closest landmark was the Pasamonte Ranch..... hence the name Pasamonte 
(b). N 36 degree 14. 562 by W 103 degree 45.515..... this is w the stone 
was found." Arizona State University got ~24 grams for the 
classification work. Description by Mark Bostick."

Chris. Spratt
Victoria, BC