[meteorite-list] New househitting meteorite fall from Mexico

[Michael Farmer]

Yes, perfectly preserved, some scratchmarks where they used a key trying to scratch it, and they almost smashed it with a hammer to see inside, but the owner said each time he decided not to mess with it. Thankfully it is intact. Will cut an end off to classify, but not interested in chopping it up, needs to be preserved as intact as possible. 
Michael Farmer



--- On Thu, 9/1/11, James Baxter <jbaxter112 at pol.net> wrote:

> From: James Baxter <jbaxter112 at pol.net>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New househitting meteorite fall from Mexico
> To: "Michael Farmer" <mike at meteoriteguy.com>
> Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Thursday, September 1, 2011, 10:28 AM
> Killer! Looks like the day it fell!
> 
> Congratulations,
> Jim Baxter
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Farmer" <mike at meteoriteguy.com>
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2011 8:37:36 AM GMT -08:00
> US/Canada Pacific
> Subject: [meteorite-list] New househitting meteorite fall
> from Mexico
> 
> Hello all, one week after getting stones in Kenya last
> sunday I bought pieces of my househitter from Muguga which
> had been sent all night by bus from Mombassa, I flew to
> Mexico and this sunday bought another stone, a househitter
> from San Juan Ocotan, Zapopan, Guadalajara. 
> 
> This meteorite 1,369 grams. This location is on the edge of
> the city, next to a massive air force base.
> 
> It fell in September 2007, exact date unknown.  It
> fell at ~3:00 am and smashed through a very poor house which
> had a tile roof covered with a tarp and smashed into mud
> bricks. The stone still has marks of the blue tarp, and the
> tile and mud bricks embedded in the stone. It was used for
> two years to hold open a shop door by the homeowner and seen
> by another man who recognized it as something special and
> acquired it. He finally emailed me asking if it was a
> meteorite. 
> 
> I flew to Guadalajara and bought it this weekend. It is in
> perfect condition, never damaged or cleaned thankfully, and
> while the owners family wanted to smash it to see inside, he
> never did!
> 
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> 
> Quite a score, a Mexican hammerstone that appears to be a L
> or LL3! 
> 
> Not for sale
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> http://meteoriteguy.com/guadalajara
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