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Gold Basin   contributed by Twink Monrad, IMCA 9454   MetBul Link


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1452 grams. 5 x 6 x 12 inches.   L4

TKW 61 kg as of November 1997. Fall not observed. Found 24 November 1995, near White Hills, Arizona, USA.



Twink writes:
One of our larger Gold Basin puzzle pieces which Jim Kriegh glued together.

We found all we could in the hole where a few were on the surface but obviously missed a few pieces.
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Found at the arrow (green or red) on the map below
 


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Doug Ross
 12/16/2016 1:33:40 PM		 Thanks for sharing, Twink! Amazing to think that, over 20 years later, this field is still producing.
Bernd Pauli
 12/16/2016 12:48:58 PM		 I can see Jim sending down a benevolent smile from his heavenly abode, the S-type asteroid 149244 Kriegh!
Ben Fisler
 12/16/2016 11:53:33 AM		 Nice jigsaw puzzle. Thanks Twink.
Twink Monrad
 12/16/2016 9:50:39 AM		 I should add that while Jim did this one, in the evenings out in the field in Jim's big RV John Blennert was the king of the puzzle pieces, he has quite a talent for it and I saw him work on several of them.
MexicoDoug
 12/16/2016 8:21:31 AM		 Thanks Twink, for sharing the great provenance and timeless meteoritical odyssey in which you participated with Jim and others, through MPOD!
MexicoDoug
 12/16/2016 8:13:18 AM		 Grand old puzzle find from the Team that unraveled Gold Basin inspiring a generation of meteorite enthusiasts! And the TKW is listed at only at the original 1997 publication's 61 kg haul :-) If those stones could talk!
Larry Atkins
 12/16/2016 7:14:21 AM		 Come on Twink, let's go get the rest of the pieces and complete the puzzle! Nice one!
Mark Bowling
 12/16/2016 7:04:52 AM		 Pretty massive - puzzles kick the excitement to the next level! Thanks for sharing Twink!
Graham
 12/16/2016 6:00:05 AM		 Nice to see one that Jim found and worked on Twink...wonderful!
 

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