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Rocks t h a t ' c l o s e l y r e s e m b l e m e t e o r i t e s h a v e b e e n found i n a d i t : : ~ 0 . R o d g e r s , on h i s 1 3 - a c r e p3.2~2 n o r t h w e s t of Sant:! 7,-. , R o d g e r s was f e l l i n g t i m b e r on t h e pl-ace: g e t t i n g r e a d y l o r c5; ~i).-*;-;i n g e q u i p m e n t t o come i n when he s t u m b l e d o v e r t h e r o c k s la a s n i i i l ditch or gully. It l o o k e d , h e s a i d , a s i f a l a r g e r o c k h a d b e e n d r o p p e d a n 4 had bee-: b r o k e n and t h e p i e c e s s c a k t e r e d by t h e impacc. The l o c a t i o n o f M r . R o d g e r s T f i n d i s i n t h e S a n t a - F e - Molino 2re3 w h i c h was s t r o n g l y s u s p e c t e d o f b e i n g t h e s 5 t e ?f a m e t e o r i t e f a l l i n December of 1967. E x p e r t s from t h e S n i t h s o h i z x T c s t i t u t i ( . n ~s well a s p r i v a t e - h o b b y i s t s came h e r e t h a t month and t a l k e d w i t h r e s i d e n t s who had s e e n t h e m e t e o r f i r e i n t h e s k y , l o o k i n g a t marly r o c k s a m p l e s and t r a m p i n g t h r o u g h t h e woods l o o k i n g f o r t h e m e t e o r i t e , They f i l i a l l y gav.UP 9 s a y i n g t h a t i f i t was e v e r f o u n d , i t would b e by c h z n c e by some f a r m e r o r woodsman. R o d g e r s l s a m p i e i s t h e most l i k e l y p r o s p e c t b r o u g h t t o t h e Leg-gzr ( M e x i c o , Mo. ) i n t h e l a s t t h r e e y e a r s . I t s w e i g h t i s t h e most s i g n l i ' i c a n t t h i n g - - a pyramid s h a p e d ~ i e c ea b o u t 4$ by 3 $ by 2 i n c h e s weighed o n e pound, 10 o u n c e s , a b o u t d o u b l e t h e w e i g h t o f a s i m i l a r p i e c e of l i m e s t o n e . The s u r f a c e ' i s smoothed o f f , a s i f by h e a t , b u t pocked a r d pitted. The b r o k e n p a r t s show a l i v e r - r e d , c l o s e l y packed s u b s t a n c e r e s e m b l i n g j a s p e r . I t l e a v e s a mark t h e c o l o r o f b u r n t umber on u n g i a z c ; p o t t e r y s u r f a c e s . The m a t e r i a l r e s e m b l e s r i c h i r o n o r e , b u t i t d o e s v ' t T h e r e a p p e a r s t o b e a s m a l l amoun% o f s i j i c a r e a c t a t a l l t o a magnet. o r mica i n p a r t o f t h e r o c k s . by

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