These are the largest pieces that I managed to acquire of this meteorite. Note the black fusion-crusted areas of the meteorites, it is actually not fusion crust, but rather these are clasts that were inside the matrix and blasted out on impact, they are covered in black shock-veins, showing that this meteorite is clearly a very nice breccia.  The meteorite seems to be very fragile, whether naturally or from the pressure of the impact with planet Earth!

This shows more of the shock veins covering the meteorite.

Myself and Moritz Karl with the local police force who took us to the meteorite crater. 29 October, 2007

FREEDOM! Robert Ward and I on Lake Titicaca, on the BOLIVIAN side only hours after escaping the clutches of the corrupt cops in Peru. We were much happier being safe in Bolivia.

Here in Tucson, on October 5th, I was already in the laboratory at the Lunar and Planetary Sciences building with Dr. Dolores Hill and Dr. Harold Connolly, donating samples of the Carancas meteorite for immediate analysis.

Michael Farmer and Dr Harold Connolly, the editor of the Meteoritical Bulletin, examining samples of the Carancas meteorite.

This meteorite is already being distributed by me to labs all around the world. I will ensure that as many scientists as possible can study specimens.

The Carancas meteorite fall is a very scientifically important event. Scientists around the world are studying the fall and pieces of meteorite that I recovered before loss or destruction in Peru.

If you want to read many of the scientific abstract papers that have been released about the Carancas meteorite fall, CLICK HERE

Carancas, Page one.    Carancas Expedition report

The expedition to Carancas, and controversy about me caused a firestorm in newspapers worldwide, the typical story of someone who went somewhere and retrieved a treasure, then was accused of every crime in the book. Most of this stems from jealousy of what I do. I arrived at the crater nearly two weeks AFTER the fall. Anyone could have spent their time and money to rush to Peru, but it was me who took the risks and reaped the rewards. If you Google my name and Carancas, especially in Spanish, you will get some very interesting articles about my trip and experiences with police in Peru. This is a danger always in any meteorite hunt. There will always be those who try to crucify you in every way they can, when all I did was go to a place and buy some rocks that fell out of the sky. When you break it down to it's most elemental form, there is no controversy. Both locals and scientists and the meteorite collection community worldwide benefited from my expedition and recovery of the Carancas meteorites, the only ones complaining are those who did not go. Had I not gone, most of the meteorite would have been lost, thrown away or sold to tourists as trinkets.

All photos are property of Michael Farmer and MAY NOT be used or copied or used without prior permission with exception of the Google Earth meteorite trajectory map on page one. This belongs to Lionel Jackson, Geological Survey of Canada.