[meteorite-list] My First Piece

From: drtanuki <drtanuki_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:55:40 2004
Message-ID: <3C35C955.9913186A_at_tkc.att.ne.jp>

Dear Listees,
    My first meteorite was found originally by the Native Americans and then later found by my Great Grandfather. When I was about five, I
remember trying to break the Potter meteorite to see what was so special inside. Then, when 30 something taking my son of four to an unknown
site some three hours away at 1:00 - 2:00 AM to find some meteorite. Then at the first crack of light, opening the truck door after spending
the early morning freezing in my 1976 Datsun truck, without taking more than one step, bending down and saying to my son we found it (at the
original fall site; without ever being there before)!!!!
    We had rediscovered that which was discovered without any knowledge of the exact location.

Dirk Ross....Tokyo

Bernd Pauli HD wrote:

> Michael Farmer and Michael Casper wrote:
>
> > Graham, email me your address and i'll double
> > your collection for free! Mike Farmer
>
> > Email me your address as well,
> > I'll send ya a couple. xoxox, MC
>
> Hello Mike, hello Michael, hello All!
>
> First of all a resounding bravo from Germany
> for this generous gift to Graham !!! So Santa
> is still around :-)
>
> At the age of 12, I started getting interested in astronomy which soon
> turned into a life-long passion. But strangely enough, I used to skip
> those pages in my astronomy books that dealt with meteors, comets,
> and m e t e o r i t e s. One day, in the early eighties, I bought my
> first moldavite from an Austrian dealer - a Mr. Zensinger, then an
> Australasian tektite (an indochinite) at a mineral and gem shop in
> Heidelberg, and, then my first "real" meteorite - a small, round, cut
> and etched Mundrabilla slice about the size of a quarter from the
> Zeitschels. Of course I still have this one to behold and to cherish.
> But I still had not developed any special interest in meteorites - I
> merely thought it was the proper thing to have for an amateur
> astronomer.
> A Canyon Diablo soon followed, then an Odessa, an Allende for about
> $ 1.00/gr (!) and a Nuevo Mercurio for $ 1.00/gr (!) and from then on
> I absolutely agree with Ron's fitting description of the situation: "By
> that time, the disease had spread and was inoperable!" -- I had become
> addicted to meteorites, I was on the hook and will probably stay there
> for the rest of my life :-)
>
> Bernd
>
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