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

[W&S Schroer]

Hi Gary, listees,

http://www.flickr.com/photos/86794456@N06/

There you'll find some photos of my 'Broken Hill' slice. It hasn't been 
polished and it certainly wouldn't win a beauty contest, but that wasn't the 
reason why I bought it.

I've never uploaded a photo to that website before, so I'm not sure whether 
it can be accessed by everyone without joining Flickr.

Cheers
Werner Schroer
Australia


-----Original Message----- 
From: Gary Fujihara
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 12:38 AM
To: W&S Schroer
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Battle Mountain Field report / cold finds 
while hunting for hot stones

Not me Werner!

Treat us to a photo of your Broken Hill slab someday, will you mate?

gary

On Sep 5, 2012, at 8:22 PM, 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
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 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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