[Rockhounds] Peru meteorit

[Rik Hill" <rhill at lpl.arizona.edu]

Here's a report from one meteorite dealer that went down there. His whole story is pretty harrowing. -Rik


----- Original Message -----
> Da : Michael Farmer <meteoriteguy at yahoo.com>
> A : cynapse at charter.net, Meteorite Mailing List
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Oggetto : Re: [meteorite-list] Titicaca meteorite--
> phinally, photos
> Data : Tue, 2 Oct 2007 11:48:57 -0700 (PDT)
>
> > > It is a real meteorite, the black is not fusion
> crust,
> > > but rather exposed shock veins. Very interesting
> > > meteorite, and not much will be found. FORGET
> about
> > > getting crater material, it has been more than two
> > > weeks in horrible water that people are urinating
> in
> > > for fun! The meteorite is very fragile, very
> porous,
> > > and will be rotted out already.
> > > I spoke with the landowner, who was our driver for
> > > days, and he told me that no more than 20-30 kilos
> was
> > > found and most was taken by tourists and locals.
> We
> > > managed to get some pieces in town from people who
> had
> > > picked them up, and we all found pieces ourselves
> with
> > > metal detectors. I found a metal nodule more than
> 1
> > > cm, weighing 6 grams. Very interesting.
> > > I think it is an H5.
> > > Michael Farmer
> > > Any labs or scientists on this list who want
> samples,
> > > email me, I will gladly provide.
> > > Mike