[meteorite-list] Battle Mountain Field report / cold finds while hunting for hot stones

[Jim Wooddell]

Great post!  Thanks!  Jim


Jim Wooddell - Mobile

W&S Schroer <schroer at bigpond.com> wrote:

>Hi Jim, listees,
>
>in 1994 the town Broken Hill in the Australian Outback was shaken by a 
>super-sonic sound and a meteor was seen crossing the sky. As it happens so 
>often, most people believed that the rock would have fallen somewhere nearby 
>and hundreds of people went out and searched for it in the semi-desert. 
>Initially, nothing was found, but a persistent hunter eventually discovered 
>a 34 kg meteorite some 20 miles out of town that had been there for 
>thousands of years.
>
>It was eventually classified as a L5 Chondrite and named 'Broken Hill' and 
>I'm the proud owner of an almost 3 kg slice, the largest mass in private 
>hands. An additional bonus is the fact that after living in Broken Hill for 
>the last 17 years it has become my second hometown.
>
>My first hometown was Gutersloh in Germany where I spent my youth and where 
>on the 17th of April 1851 a 1 kg meteorite was seen falling out of the sky. 
>It was classified as a H3/4 and named 'Gutersloh' and I'm the proud owner of 
>a 0.065 g 'mass'.
>
>Now who can beat that? :)
>
>Cheers
>
>Werner Schroer
>Australia
>
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>
>what would be odd be while looking for a fresh fall, an old Fall is found??? 
>has that ever happened?
>Greg I think your popcorn bag blew up!  it's raining popcorn here!!!!
>I just started my second bag  ;)
>Jim
>
>Jim Wooddell - Mobile
>
>Adam Hupe <raremeteorites at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>I have not seen any of this material first-hand but I was thinking the same 
>>thing when I saw Bob Verish's images.  Perhaps it rained in Northern Nevada 
>>or many times fresh falls take on a brownish hue.  If the miner's stone was 
>>found within a few hours of the fall, then I would think the stones have a 
>>natural brownish hue or it could be the white balance is off on the digital 
>>camera.
>>
>>
>>Happy hunting,
>>
>>Adam
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: Mike Tettenborn <tett at rogers.com>
>>To: wahlperry at aol.com
>>Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>>Sent: Wednesday, September 5, 2012 12:40 PM
>>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Battle Mountain Field report / strewn field 
>>conditions / etc.
>>
>>I had the exact same impression.  This one looks like a somewhat weathered 
>>NWA.
>>
>>Could be the lighting.
>>
>>But, Adam Hupe reported multiple finds so far so this could be legit.
>>
>>tett
>>
>>
>>Mike Tettenborn
>>Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
>>tett at rogers.com
>>
>>
>>
>>On 2012-09-05, at 2:49 PM, wahlperry at aol.com wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I have posted a few pictures of the strewnfield and a large chondrite on 
>>> my website.A couple of the roads in the  area will be posted with No 
>>> trespassing signs later this week. The reason is for mine safety 
>>> regulations.The project supervisor was very nice and explained the 
>>> biggest concern is safety.If anything was to happen on the mining clam, 
>>> the site would be shut down.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Sonny
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.nevadameteorites.com/nevadameteorites/Battle_Mt.html
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