Denis Gourgues
1/11/2017 6:24:51 AM |
Yes... Michael... I going to ask Paul if the place is free I shall redo others photos.... |
Denis Gourgues
1/9/2017 3:57:36 PM |
Yes... Michael... I going to ask Paul if the place is free I shall redo others photos.... |
Michael Mulgrew
1/9/2017 12:29:57 PM |
Should have saved this one for 10 more days for the anniversary of the fall! One of my favorite meteorites. |
MexicoDoug
1/8/2017 11:04:40 PM |
Denis, it is a beautiful chip, and perhaps has the lightest density of all known meteorites; and Anne you are so right that icy lakes there had benefits. The very limited hunting on the icy lake surfaces was both a blessing and unfortunate in the sense, had the manpower been greater, the strewn field almost certainly would have extended off the narrow lake strip between mountains, rather than recording it as so deceptively coincident with it. Scientists estimated that 1% of the meteorites were recovered and they did a reasonable job on the lake ice. |
Denis Gourgues
1/8/2017 7:28:23 PM |
Thanks... Anne, Doug, John... This m*t*orite is exceptionnel by his story and his type.... And its very difficult to have a Nice piece... In's Space She's very a solid rocks... And on earth She's very crumbly.... She's a Block of dust of stars.... One of my favorite among so many others....... |
Anne Black
1/8/2017 2:41:05 PM |
Yes, Doug, and imagine if it had fallen in the summer, it would have gone right to the bottom of that lake, never to be seen. Merci Dennis! |
MexicoDoug
1/8/2017 1:57:32 PM |
Just imagine if this had fallen less than 50 miles away --- in Alaska! |
MexicoDoug
1/8/2017 1:56:06 PM |
Thanks Gourgues! This was to be Yukon Gold had the cat gotten out of the bag, but unfortunately for humanity it was kept a sworn secret and a conspiracy theory even developed as a result! The good news on the flip side is that the finder preserved almost a kilo in pristine condition by being in the right place at the right time with the right inclination to save his finds untouched, and frozen, till scientific analysis, preserving volatiles of the primitive carbonaceous meteorite that otherwise could not have been identified or quantified. The other good news is your 63 mg specimen due to the great loss of material, now makes it a big one ... supply and demand :-( Great macro photography! |
John Hope
1/8/2017 1:10:26 AM |
Very nice example thank you Gourgues. |
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