[meteorite-list] Introducing the Worlds Newest Meteorite fall - Creston

[Bigjohn Shea]

Congrats on the new fall!

Looks like a lovely specimen.  Attractive slices...

Give me a moment while I contact my bank and get a line of credit so I can buy a 4g slice of an L6...   ;-)

Cheers,
John





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On 11/19/15 at 12:35 PM, Ruben Garcia via Meteorite-list wrote:

> Hi all,
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> I am proud to introduce the worlds newest recovered meteorite fall
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> called, Creston.
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> See it here
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> http://www.mrmeteorite.com/newcaliforniafall.htm
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> or keep reading,
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> This meteorite fell October 23, 2015 near wine country just east of
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> Paso Robles California in an area called Creston.
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> To date less than 800 grams (4 small stones) of this fall have been
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> recovered and nearly all is already locked up in collections.
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> In fact, as far as we know only the 11 slices below (and 1 end cut)
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> which were cut from the 102 gram stone pictured at the top of the page
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> will ever be available.
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> This meteorite, likely an L6 has shock veins crossing though each
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> slice. According to the classifying scientist it is a commonly seen
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> feature in other samples he studied from this fall.
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> Please call or email if you're interested in a slice!
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> See it here
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> http://www.mrmeteorite.com/newcaliforniafall.htm
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> -- 
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> Rock On!
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> Ruben Garcia
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> http://www.MrMeteorite.com
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