[meteorite-list] The bet - Sutter Mill

Michael Farmer mike at meteoriteguy.com
Tue May 8 10:31:58 EDT 2012


This is a fragile meteorite, while there is little doubt that the strew field is large and thousands of pieces are on the ground, I also believe that there are unlikely to be many larger pieces. I think most of it shattered into dust and small pieces. It is much more fragile than Murchison or Murray.
Michael Farmer

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On May 8, 2012, at 6:35 AM, "Jim Wooddell" <nf114ec at npgcable.com> wrote:

> The other day at breakfast with Dr. Peter Jenniskens, I bet him a $1
> that this meteor went "Puff" during the explosion (three break ups???), blowing
> and burning it to less than dust where no big stones (Kilo sized) are going to be found.
> Nothing I can see in the strewn (on the ground) really even indicates a sizeable
> strewn field.
> While I hope I am wrong and I loose that bet, I think these stones are going to
> be really rare in collections and not everyone is going to get a chance of having these
> in not only institutional collections for research , but private collections as well.
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> Jim
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> Jim Wooddell
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