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Re: BIG NEW METEORITE 192 Pounds

Congratulations Michael!!  It's nice to know that hard word does still pay off.
I'm sure we're all looking forward to seeing some of your new find.

--- mikewren <mikewren@gilanet.com> wrote:
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> > From: mikewren < mikewren@gilanet.com>
> > To: meteorite-list@meteorite central.com
> > Subject: BIG NEW METEORITE 192 Pounds
> > Date: Thursday, November 04, 1999 10:50 AM
> > 
> > mikewren@gilanet.com
> > Michael Cottingham
> > PO BOX 727
> > Silver City, NM.
> > 88062
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Hello Everyone,
> > 
> > 
> > I am pleased to announce my latest meteorite
> > discovery/purchase.  It is the NEW L6 Stone
> > meteorite from WAGON MOUND, New Mexico.
> > It weighs 192.5 POUNDS !!!!! So Cool !
> > 
> > Back in August of this year (1999), my wife Wren
> > and I took a road trip around New Mexico. We 
> > would stop at every Post Office and General
> > Store in every rural town throughout the state.
> > We would place "Meteorite Wanted Posters"
> > at each of these stops. We must of placed
> > several hundred of these posters during our
> > week long road trip.
> > 
> > These posters tell people
> > how to recognize a meteorite and where
> > to send a sample(to me). 
> > 
> > It just so happens that this time it paid off.
> > 
> > A local person in the town of WAGON MOUND,
> > New Mexico saw one of my posters and contacted
> > me.
> > 
> > They sent me a sample and sure enough.....one
> > glance told me it was a meteorite.
> > 
> > I sent the specimen to Alan Rubin at UCLA
> > and it has been classified as a L6 Stone
> > Meteorite. Shock Stage S2 and its weathering 
> > stage is W2. There is a lot of black fusion
> > crust on over 3/4 of the specimen and 
> > several fist size regmaglypts.
> > 
> > This specimen weighs more than my
> > three children.....combined!
> > 
> > Here are the details which will appear soon
> > in the Meteoritical Bulletin:
> > 
> > In the spring of 1932 while planting his new field,
> > Donald Wiggins discovered a 192.5 pound stone
> > meteorite. It was kept in the family until 1999.
> > A family member responded to a "Meteorite
> > Wanted Poster" that they saw in a local
> > restaurant and sold the meteorite to
> > Michael Cottingham.
> > 
> > I will be cutting this cool specimen up
> > over the next week or two. I will let
> > everyone know how it turns out.
> > 
> > Just wanted to say that H.H.Nininger's
> > methods still work.....
> > 
> > Best Wishes,
> > 
> > Michael Cottingham
> > 
> > 
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