[meteorite-list] Canadian Meteorite Party

From: tett <tett_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:44:36 2004
Message-ID: <3AA3827B.A49CA29F_at_bmts.com>

Sorry David. Don't know where the Andrews came from.

Tett

Roman Jirasek wrote:

> Yes indeed it was a blast!
>
> Just a quick name correction, it was David Gregory,
> not Andrews that had beautiful specimens to show us.
>
> I will have several pics on my web site soon.
> The link will be posted to the list when I get it ready.
>
> Thanks to everyone that made an appearance,
> this party is one we will never forget.
>
> Best regards,
> Roman & Lori Jirasek
> www.meteoritelabels.com
>
> > Hello List,
> >
> > Some of us Canadians did indeed have an incredible meteorite party
> > yesterday.
> >
> > Thanks Laurie and Roman for being such gracious hosts and for putting
> > this party
> > together. It was great to have the party at their house among Roman's
> > collection which is truly awesome.
> >
> > Dean Bessey was there with fantastic deals on Moroccan meteorites.
> > Boxes full
> > of stuff with surprisingly beautiful samples. Dean also showed off some
> > great
> > stuff that was gleaned from these Moroccan samples. A softball sized
> > individual
> > chondrite that is chalked full of carbonaceous inclusions. Some nice
> > LL's, a
> > CO3, lots of the rare stuff too numerous to mention. Also in his
> > assortment
> > were chondrites with incredible flight markings and orientations. Dean
> > also
> > brought some great fossils and besides the meteorites I purchased from
> > him I
> > took home a 10" trilobite for my 11 year old son.
> >
> > Many of the guests showed up with their private collections and I was
> > amazed at
> > what people had brought to the party. Of course, Canadian meteorites
> > were
> > desirable among the group and we saw incredible pieces of Springwater,
> > Manitawabing and others. I was thrilled to show my slice of Red Deer
> > Hill.
> >
> > We were also pleased to see three staff members from the Royal Ontario
> > Museum
> > (ROM) show up with some Holy Grails of Canadian meteorites. Half of the
> > Giroux
> > pallasite, a gorgeous St. Robert individual, a nice slice of Osseo and
> > others.
> > Wow! what a treat.
> >
> > During the party David Andrews showed up and shared some of his
> > treasures. One
> > of the ROM staff mentioned to me that David has the midas touch when
> > finding
> > meteorites and I soon found out why. First he showed and incredible
> > individual
> > CR2 (~200 grams at least) which had the most gorgeous chondrule
> > definition I
> > have ever seen. He then goes out to his car and comes back with
> > beautiful LL3
> > samples and impact melt specimens. Again he went out and came back with
> > a flat
> > flight orientated L3 (I believe) with gorgeous flow lines. Yet again he
> > went to
> > his car and came back with a 6+Kg. show stopper. This meteorite is
> > currently
> > being classified at UCLA (with many others from David) and initial
> > analysis
> > shows that it is an impact melt with cm wide metal veins. immediatly I
> > thought
> > of Portales but with impact melt instead of ordinary chordate in the
> > stony part.
> >
> > David would keep on going to his car and return with other beauties. We
> > began
> > making jokes that he was finding them under his seat. I should pass
> > along kudos
> > to David for being a ROM benefactor. He has donated many rare
> > meteorites to the
> > ROM and much of what we saw yesterday will end up in their hands.
> >
> > Yesterday I was like a kid in a candy shop. Incredible meteorites,
> > great food
> > and conversation and tons of fun. Hopefully some pics will be posted
> > soon.
> >
> > As a group we have decided to do this twice a year. Our next gathering
> > will be
> > about a month after the Denver show. All are welcome and we will post
> > information about this get together later on.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Tett
> >
> >
> >
> >
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