[meteorite-list] New househitting meteorite fall from Mexico

Thu Sep 1 16:20:36 EDT 2011

Muguga has a nice ring to it.  It's almost as good as "Git Git".  LOL

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On 9/1/11, Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com> wrote:
> It fell in 4 different villages, Graystone, Muguga, Kihum Wiri and Mwana
> Wikio. I wanted Mwana Wikio, but it does not exist in a database of names,
> nor does any of them, but they exist, they are real villages and it should
> be named for where it fell. Kihum Wiri is where the first stone fell and the
> largest pieces were found, it is mentioned in the newspaper and news
> reports. It has the best chance of approval by the nomcom. I hate to call it
> Thika, nearest large town with is more than 10 miles away.
> Michael Farmer
>
>
>
> W--- On Thu, 9/1/11, karmaka <karmaka at email.de> wrote:
>
>> From: karmaka <karmaka at email.de>
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New househitting meteorite fall from Mexico
>> To: "Michael Farmer" <mike at meteoriteguy.com>,
>>
>> Date: Thursday, September 1, 2011, 11:29 AM
>> Two names for this fall?
>>
>> Mwana Wikio
>>
>> and
>>
>> Kihum Wiri
>>
>> Martin
>>
>>
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: "Michael Farmer" <mike at meteoriteguy.com>
>> Gesendet: 01.09.2011 18:24:55
>> An: "Michael Gilmer" <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
>> Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] New househitting meteorite
>> fall from Mexico
>>
>> >It will be submitted and classified like every other
>> meteorite, not sure why it would not be accepted, have all
>> data needed.
>> >Will be building a page about it as soon as I can, a
>> little tired with more than 45000 miles flown in the last
>> month.
>> >
>> >Kihum Wiri (proposed name of the Kenya fall) is an L6,
>> submitted yesterday for nomcom approval. Also a
>> househitter.
>> >Michael Farmer
>> >
>> >--- On Thu, 9/1/11, Michael Gilmer <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> From: Michael Gilmer <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
>> >> 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, 10:22 AM
>> >> Awesome score!
>> >>
>> >> Is this going to be officially recognized as a
>> fall by the
>> >> Meteoritical Society?
>> >>
>> >> I'm curious because now I need to update my recent
>> falls
>> >> page -
>> >> http://www.galactic-stone.com/pages/falls
>> >>
>> >> There are three other hammer falls from 2007 -
>> >>
>> >> Cali - which Mike Farmer is very familiar with.
>> ;)
>> >>
>> >> Carancas - the Peruvian crater-maker.
>> >>
>> >> Mahadevpur - India.
>> >>
>> >> PS - the first link you posted tries to open as
>> an
>> >> octet-stream file,
>> >> and I couldn't get it to open properly.
>> >>
>> >> Best regards,
>> >>
>> >> MikeG
>> >>
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>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 9/1/11, Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > 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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