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RE: The Peekskill H6 monomict breccia meteorite

>(5) Last but not least: an absolute must is Martin Horejsi's color image
>with traces of the car paint still visible and to be found at
>--------->  http://www.meteorite.com/gallery/gallery.htm

Cool photo!  I obtained my first piece of Peekskill back in 1992, just a
mere 2 weeks after the meteorite had hit the car.  Marlin Cilz had just
bought the main mass and mentioned to me that there was red car paint on it. 
I bought a 26 gram piece and specifically asked for a piece with red
paint, which he complied.  Marlin also sent me several color photos of the
meteorite (photos of the whole meteorite - before it was cut up).  
A black-n-white version of one of the photos would appear on page 86 of
"Rocks from Space" (1st edition) which shows Marlin holding the meteorite 
with members of the Knapp family.  Most people probably don't realize that
the meteorite just narrowly missed the gas tank of the car by a few inches.  
The meteorite also made a small depression underneath the car 
(the Peekskill crater?), which I also have a photo of.

In 1993, I went to the Tucson show,
which had the Peekskill meteorite and car on display.  I got to hold
the main mass, which by then had been sliced up and was about half of its 
original size.  

Ron Baalke
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