[meteorite-list] Coloma/Lotus/SM fall map to date

Mike Hankey mike.hankey at gmail.com
Wed May 9 15:39:37 EDT 2012


i think some finds are also popping up in these locations due to
err-ummm ethical reasons.. or lack of ethics i should say.

On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 8:50 PM, Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com> wrote:
> Most found by roads and trails because rest is waist-high poison oak slithering with rattlesnakes. 99% or more will never be found.
> Michael Farmer
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May 8, 2012, at 5:47 PM, Marc Fries <mfries8 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Howdy all
>>
>>    There are a few people keeping track of the Coloma/Lotus/SM meteorite fall with maps, and let me give a hat tip to Peter Jenniskens for keeping up with the meteorites. He has a regularly updated list of these meteorites with masses and find locations:
>>
>> http://asima.seti.org/sm/
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>>    I've assembled these and a few others into a strewn field map:
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>> http://radarmeteorites.wordpress.com/2012/05/01/coloma-ca-strewn-field-map/
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>>    I've been chafing to get up there myself but have been restrained to hunting vicariously through others. I'll get up there, but I wanted to point out that there is a lot of area on that map with no finds, and that most of the finds seem to be close to trails and roads. Looks to me like there's still quite a lot of material waiting to be found...!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Marc Fries
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