ha.. I love how McCartney makes it into a game.. congrats on your finds. -Leigh Anne
--- mccartney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've just returned from a new fall. It looked like > everyone missed this fall, so I went. > > I spent 2 weeks down there hunting down stones, and > canvasing the area house by house. Its mainly > agricultural land and dominated by vineyards. > Unfortunately, there is never plowing in vineyards, > so no more stones will be found. (maybe 1 or 2 in > the coming years) Most of my time was spent in > public outreach and teaching people how to identify > stones. > > TKW is 5 kg at this time. I recovered 2.3kg. Looks > like an H4 or H5 Ordinary Chondrite. > > Conditions were not good for recovery, almost all > stones punched into the soft ground 1/4 meters. > Those stones that were recovered were because they > hit near someone or hit a road. > > http://texasmeteoritelab.com/x/img_1241.jpg > http://texasmeteoritelab.com/x/img_1299.jpg > http://texasmeteoritelab.com/x/img_1257.jpg > > I've got to get my saw up and running and cut > specimens in the next few days. I'll post more > details later. > > Anyone want to guess which country the fall was in? > > -mt > > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
