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Lucerne Valley DCA   contributed by Moni Waiblinger, IMCA 6769   MetBul Link


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18.4 grams.
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Moni writes:
Bob told his friends:
Another Lucerne Valley dry lake meteorite find by Moni Waiblinger. The sun was setting and she was complaining that she had been searching all day and still hadn't made a find, and wished that she could stay an additional day so that she could have a chance to make a rare Leap Day find (February 29th). It was just before sunset that Moni spotted this stone that had been recently exhumed in a gully. It wasn't until much later, while transcribing the recovery-data into a log, I noticed that the date-of-find in GMT was: 2016-02-29 01:30 UTC - technically February 29th. Moni had actually found her "Leap Day" meteorite, after all!

It is quite possible that this stone is paired to Lucerne Valley 002 (plus 53 years of additional weathering).


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Graham Macleod
 3/8/2016 8:24:13 PM		 Congratulations on your find Moni, I lobe the close up photo's of the round chondrules.
Johnno
 3/8/2016 5:33:45 PM		 Go Moni Go
Michael Mulgrew
 3/8/2016 4:38:11 PM		 Well done, Moni!
Graham
 3/8/2016 4:34:38 PM		 Wonderful find Moni.
Doug Ross
 3/8/2016 1:24:11 PM		 Congratulations Moni! Lucerne Valley finds are getting to be rare prizes these days. Great photos, too.
Don Armijo
 3/8/2016 12:36:03 PM		 Nice find Moni!
Richard "Rick Bob" Montgomery
 3/8/2016 11:59:46 AM		 Congrats Moni!!
Moni
 3/8/2016 11:46:24 AM		 Thank you every one! Yes it was a great moment, because also its rare when I do not hold a magnet over the 'rock' to see its attraction. This one was just popping up at me. I love the chondrule popping out of it!
J Divelbiss
 3/8/2016 8:23:09 AM		 Love the eye popping chondrule that was looking at up at you Moni, nice find.
Ben Fisler
 3/8/2016 8:16:24 AM		 Congrats Moni. Good eye, great find.
MexicoDoug
 3/8/2016 5:48:25 AM		 Very attractive appearance in that the fragment seems to contain a high density of more hardy chondrules weathering out of the matrix. Great set of pictures to show this, and the moment of the find!
Bernd Pauli
 3/8/2016 4:36:05 AM		 Excellent in situ documentation of your find, Moni. Congrats!
Tomek Kubalczak
 3/8/2016 2:26:43 AM		 Nice find !
Steve sutton
 3/8/2016 1:43:46 AM		 Well done!!!!!!!!
Tomasz Jakubowski
 3/8/2016 1:39:42 AM		 Great find Moni!
Paul Gessler
 3/8/2016 1:08:54 AM		 WOW what a beautiful photo / moment with you taking the picture while the sun is setting behind you. That brings back many memories.
 

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