[meteorite-list] New househitting meteorite some pics soon please?

[Steve Dunklee]

must be realy nice if you hesitate to cut it! 
Cheers
Steve Dunklee

--- On Thu, 9/1/11, Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com> wrote:

> From: Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New househitting meteorite fall from Mexico
> To: "James Baxter" <jbaxter112 at pol.net>
> Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Thursday, September 1, 2011, 4:34 PM
> 
> 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!
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Quite a score, a Mexican hammerstone that appears to
> be a L
> > or LL3! 
> > 
> > Not for sale
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 
> > http://meteoriteguy.com/guadalajara
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > http://meteoriteguy.com/mexicometeorite.JPG
> > 
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