[meteorite-list] My First Piece

From: Rhett Bourland <rbourlan_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:55:40 2004
Message-ID: <IOEBKAHMGFBDJMOFGDFNAEJHDDAA.rbourlan_at_evansville.net>

My first meteorite was a piece of indochinite that I saw in some new age
catalog that was sitting out at a bank. I bought it for $100 and read up on
meteorites and quickly figured out that it wasn't really a meteorite and got
my money back. As it turns out there is a rock shop just a few blocks down
the street from my house that I stopped in one day on the way home from work
and picked up a polished 10g slice of Gibeon. I must confess I was slightly
upset that the person who cut it didn't bother polishing out all those
scratches that were on there. ;)
Two and a half years later I've got over different 130 meteorites in my
collection. You can go to
http://www.asteroidmodels.com/Personal/meteorites/meteoritelist.htm to see
my list. My absolute favorite has to be my crusted 4.1g slice of Burnwell
that I got from the Smithsonian. A few other highlights are Eagle Station,
Losttown Georgia (there are only 4 places in the world that have any), and
Lodran.
Best wishes,
Rhett Bourland
www.asteroidmodels.com
www.asteroidmodels.com/personal

-----Original Message-----
From: meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com]On Behalf Of Rob and
Colleen
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 7:16 PM
To: meteorite-list
Subject: [meteorite-list] My First Piece


Hello all-

The list seems a bit quiet as the holidays end, associations begin, and
Tucson draws near. I thought I'd fill up some bandwidth with this:

My first meteorite was a 52 gram etched part slice of Gibeon purchased
at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI). Prior to this
sighting, I had absolutely no idea that a single individual could be
sole owner of such a wonder. I gladly shelled out $110 for it and kept
it alone for many years. Then, during a period of time in my life driven
by boredom, I decided to go to the local fairgrounds for every gathering
they saw fit to hold. Antique glass, guns, knitting, poodles, and one
day....gems. A chance encounter there with Edwin Thompson opened my eyes
to the fact that there were plenty more meteorites to be had. The rest
is history, present, and future.

I would enjoy hearing how others got started, that first piece that
infected you with meteorite madness. Some of you have multi-million
dollar collections, others on this list only a few prized pieces. They
all had to start with one lowly piece as the foundation, the one we
will never sell or trade away. What was it?

P.S. If this thread has already been done, please forgive me and direct
me to the archives.

--
Rob Wesel
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