[meteorite-list] "A curious find" (related to Australian incidenton Dec. 6th)

From: Michael Farmer <meteoritehunter_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Dec 9 12:19:49 2004
Message-ID: <015101c4de13$0d043160$0200a8c0_at_S0031628003>

Anyone in Australia checking on this? It doesnt look that good, but then
again, could be a muddy piece of CM?
Mike Farmer
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From: "Darren Garrison" <cynapse_at_charter.net>
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Subject: [meteorite-list] "A curious find" (related to Australian incidenton
Dec. 6th)


http://taree.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&subclass=local&category=general%20news&story_id=356075&y=2004&m=12

A curious find
Wednesday, 8 December 2004

"I THINK I might have a few pieces of the meteorite."

An excited Dianne Slaven contacted the Times yesterday morning, after she
and her sons collected
some curiosities in their Wingham yard.

"I remembered kicking this black rock off the path. It wasn't until I went
to squash last night that
I heard people talking about what had happened.

"When I went home I again found the rock, and the kids found two more on the
lawn."

The fragments have all the telltale signs of coming from anywhere but local.

They are misshapen, and leave sooty marks on your hands.

The largest measures about 10cms, the smallest is about 5cm.

They weren't embedded in the ground, as one would expect if they had hurtled
from the sky after
Monday morning's meteor 'explosion' over the Manning.

Dianne and her sons admit to sleeping through the commotion which woke most
Manning residents
shortly after 4.15am.

Yesterday, the Times had a local amateur astronomer, Peter Langdown, check
the pieces the family
collected.

Peter told Dianne he believed the pieces could possibly be from a meteor and
has recommended she get
in touch with the Sydney Observatory, which will conduct tests to determine
their origin.

Even if they can't be authenticated, young Mitchell (10), Reece (eight) and
Jai (five) will
certainly have something interesting to take to 'show and tell' at Wingham
Public School.

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