[meteorite-list] New California meteorite

From: Mark Miconi <mam602_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:18:25 2004
Message-ID: <001b01c2cf87$f455e640$d7e16a44_at_ph.cox.net>

EXCELLENT IDEA! I am in for whatever type of help I can lend, be it writing
a letter, a donation to cover costs of naming the meteorite, any help you
may need. I think that it is a great gesture. And IF none of that comes to
pass I would like a small slice for my collection with the understanding
that I would never try to profit from it.

If I can help in any way let me know.

Mark M.
Phoenix AZ
----- Original Message -----
From: Matson, Robert <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_saic.com>
To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 2:54 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] New California meteorite


> Hi All,
>
> As I reported earlier, seeing Columbia reenter this past Saturday
> was not my primary reason for being in the Mojave Desert -- I was
> actually heading up there to do some meteorite field recovery work
> for the day. I did find one new meteorite of just over 100 grams,
> and have scanned in some images of it at the time it was found:
>
> http://members.cox.net/mojave_meteorites/feb1a.jpg
> http://members.cox.net/mojave_meteorites/feb1b.jpg
> http://members.cox.net/mojave_meteorites/feb1c.jpg
>
> And so a thought has occurred to me: what are the chances of bending
> the Meteoritical Society rules and giving this meteorite the name
> "Columbia" or "Columbia 7"? I checked the Catalogue, and surprisingly
> there is no meteorite called Columbia. I would be happy to donate the
> meteorite to NASA, or alternatively arrange to have it cut into 7
> pieces to give to each of the families of the astronauts. It's an
> ordinary chondrite, probably an H5 or H6 with some black shock veins
> running through it, so it's not particularly rare or interesting to
> researchers. It's only claim to uniqueness was that it was found
> on February 1st at 11:44am PST, less than 6 hours after I watched
> Columbia fly by.
>
> Best,
> Rob
>
>
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