Uncle Ron Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Yo all...Yesterday I went out to where I found several nice nuggets, including a 3/4 Oz. and a 1/4 Oz., plus, what I took to be another Wickenburg Meteorite, even though it is nearly 3 miles from where I found my other two Wickenburgs....So yesterday, I got a screaming signal on my SD2100 from back up under some thick brush on top of a ridge...I was certain I had W#4 but when I ground down on my grinder, the inside is different ...More metalic throughout, although there are smallish chondruls present...There is no streak at all on concrete...It just digs lines into the concrete...What you think? Cheers, Unc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freelancer79d Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Looks good to me. As for the location being further away and the appearence being different, you may have found a different fall...maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Ron Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 After some additional sanding on it, the chondrules are showing much better and it appears pretty much identical to my other Wickenburg finds...So it is Dubyah Number 4 ... Whoopee ...Brings my total weight to about 275 grams...Cheers, Unc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldfinger Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Ron- The heck with the meteorites.... where are photos of the nuggets you found yesterday? :woohoo: Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredmason Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Yeah, UNC, show us your nuggets...ahh, gold that is... generally,and making some "wag" assumptions; the smaller pieces fall first and the heavier pieces go the farthest...if the record is clear on the location of the big piece found you should have a good idea of the length of the strewn field...and the direction... Very Nice! fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Ron Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 Yo Fred & All...I do have a pretty good idea of the strewnfield...Very rough country if you're not a Mountain Goat....I was able to file the glaze that my grinder put on the window so now you can see the chondrules really well...This one seems to be half of a whole so the other piece of pieces should be fairly close by...Straight up a cliff...Here's better pix...Cheers, Unc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank c Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Uncle Ron, yer gettin to the point of needin a "meteorite fix" when you go out huntin. After I found a couple thats what happened to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean (N.M.) Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Uncle Ron, Good to see you are tearing it up with your finds! Congrats to you on your Wickenburg meteorite finds. Looks like you are doing quite well in the rough country you are hunting. Dean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boondog Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 That's a great looking space rock!! and that country around Wickenberg sure can be steep to say the lest. I was in around Copperopolis this Feb by myself for a few weeks and desideied to get the heck out of there because I didn't have anyone along with me in case something happened, even with the quad I got myself in trouble a few times, just not a good Idea to go into that back country alone Dam. And I didn't even know there were meteorites around Wickenberg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewBe Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Hej. Is the rock to the far left a meteorite? Mikael. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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