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
Sent from my iPhone On May 8, 2012, at 6:35 AM, "Jim Wooddell" <nf11...@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. > > > > Jim > > > > > Jim Wooddell > http://k7wfr.us > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
