[meteorite-list] New househitting meteorite fall from Mexico

[David R Childs]

Way to go Mike! Take a well earned break.

Dave
IMCA 5112
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Farmer" <mike at meteoriteguy.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 4:37 PM
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.
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> This meteorite 1,369 grams. This location is on the edge of the city, next 
> to a massive air force base.
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> 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.
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> 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!
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> Not for sale
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> http://meteoriteguy.com/guadalajara
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> http://meteoriteguy.com/mexicometeorite.JPG
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