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Bullhead City   contributed by Larry Atkins, IMCA 1941   MetBul Link


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Image 1 is a 36g individual and image 2 is a 181g individual.   L6

TKW 4.97 kg. Fall not observed. Found 23 Jan 2012, Arizona, USA.


Larry writes:
"Katherine Landing" was the working name of this new strewn field and was the name we requested in our original submission to the Nomenclature Committee. However, we were shot down in flames! The first round of voting garnered 0 yes votes.

It was recommended by a few of the voters that the area be deemed "Thumb Butte Dense Collection Area" after a chondrite that was found nearby some years ago. Thumb Butte is a single stone that is in no way related to the strewn field so we saw this as an unacceptable resolution. In private conversations I had with different people in the know, I was advised that it was unlikely I would sway the Nom Com, to get all of them to switch to a "yes" vote. After many emails and a lot of perseverance we prevailed, and the strewn field is recognized for what it is.

Had we given up it would have been a great loss to American meteorite history as far as I'm concerned. These are beautiful, interesting chondrites, spread out over a predictable ellipse, that deserve to be recognized on their own merit and not bunched up into a practically meaningless DCA.


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Graham Macleod
 11/19/2015 7:28:44 PM		 A great meteorite and you did not give up Larry! The history and the perseverance makes this a very important find! Well done
Larry Atkins
 11/19/2015 5:39:55 PM		 Hi Bob, If more (unmatched) stones are found in the area it will be designated "Bullhead City DCA" and Thumb Butte and Laughlin will be included.
Robert Verish
 11/19/2015 3:49:09 PM		 Bullhead City may still become the name of that DCA. There's a precident. When the NomCom made the Yelland DCA they included the already named Yelland Dry Lake meteorite. What this means is that the NomCom could have included Thumb Butte (and the misnamed Laughlin) name into a new Bullhead City DCA. Still not sure why there was a problem with Bullhead City being part of a DCA.
Robert Verish
 11/19/2015 2:16:31 PM		 By the way CONGRATS to both Todd Parker and Larry for getting this meteorite into the Met Bull. I really like what they did, where they submitted 3 individual stones for classification, instead of characterizing an entire strewn-field from just one type-specimen.
Benjamin P. Sun
 11/19/2015 1:41:59 PM		 Nice find!
Tracy Latimer
 11/19/2015 1:34:57 PM		 I know the Laughlin/Bullhead City area, having visited it with my parents. If I had known there were meteorite prospecting prospects there, I would have ignored the casinos in favor of metal detectors!
Great finds Larry, I hope to see more.
 11/19/2015 11:28:40 AM		 Ben Fisler
Michael Mulgrew
 11/19/2015 11:03:18 AM		 Congrats, Larry. My sole classified find was a struggle to get named as well, and ultimately my first choice that best described the find location was not approved. It's unfortunate that politics and people's personal opinions affect this naming process, I wish it were otherwise.
Mark Bowling
 11/19/2015 9:43:20 AM		 Beautiful, congratulations Larry. Cool story, kudos for not giving up!
Graham
 11/19/2015 6:06:28 AM		 Worth the perseverance..well done Larry...nice looking melt/shock areas.
 

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