[meteorite-list] Fw: My First Meteorite Specimen and more.......
From: Michael Cottingham <mikewren_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:55:40 2004 Message-ID: <000001c195b9$67d9cd20$f8d9ead8_at_hppav> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C1957D.C2A30A00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Michael Cottingham=20 To: Michael Cottingham=20 Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 12:08 AM Subject: My First Meteorite Specimen and more....... Hello Everyone, What a nice thread....... It brings back thoughts and feelings from that 1st space stone that I held in my hand. My first meteorite was a Mbale stone,Mundrabilla, and a Allende. I purchased them all at the same time from NEMS, Bethany Sciences, and from Bob Haag. I believe NEMS arrived first. This was in=20 1995. I really wanted that Mbale stone because I had read about the villagers in Mbale grinding it up to eat...for a cure for AIDS. This was an interesting thought. Had meteorrites ever been used or could they be used as a medicine??? It was an interesting question and since I was doing Natural Medicine at the time it seemed a natural thought for me. I read everything I could on the subject and decided I wanted to find a meteorite! So I educated myself as to what they looked like ...what they felt like, etc. I bought several more common stones and ugly little fragments and I would take them into the desert with me and throw them on the ground. I tried to train my eye as to how "space rocks" looked on the earth ground. I started to hunt around some dunes and dry lake beds near Columbus, New Mexico and low and behold I found a NEW Meteorite! I had=20 a bet going with my wife.... I said "If I can find a New Meteorite in = New Mexico, then you have to let me go and risk our savings on an expedition to the Atacama Desert in Chile to hunt for The Imilac = Pallasite". She Said "OK (thinking I would NEVER find a New Meteorite!)" Well I found the Columbus...Went to Chile by myself(found 20 kilos), did Odessa (Found about 1 kilo) Went to Correo (Found 200 grams) Did Holbrook, Canyon Diablo, Gold Basin, Macy, Columbus again, Portales Valley, Imilac again, Monturaqui, Mexico,Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Arizona, Africa, Canada, and some other places too.... I guess I have found a lot of meteorites at these and other places that I am not going to mention right now. I have placed thousands of "Meteorite Wanted Posters" in about 6 different states and I have recovered many new meteorites, some of which are: Wagon Mound Floydada Falsey Draw Tolar Pasamonte (b) Kermit 001-005 Correo Portales Valley & Hundreds and Hundreds of Kilos of NWA's !!!!! I have sold,bought, or traded nearly a million dollars worth of meteorites and I have had thousands upon thousands of specimens pass through my hands. My own collection is ever changing and some meteorites only visit with me for a little while....others have stayed on for years now! Here are a couple of poorly lit photos of one of my new cases: (Hard to see what is what?????) Just an overview Anyway! http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atlantis/4596/case1.JPG http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atlantis/4596/case2.JPG I have several more cases for NWA, Inventory, and other specimens that are meteorite related. However I still have my first Meteorite.....that Mbale. I still = wonder(though I doubt it) if any of those Mbale folks cured themselves = of AIDS???? I told my wife Wren.. "Watch...one day we will have so many meteorites = that we will be stumbling into them.....sure enough my 25 kilo = Sikhote-Alin got my Big toe the other day....." After 140 ebay auctions I am tired and I have cut & polished soooooo many meteorites in the last two weeks that I can barely see = straight..................... However, I still LOVE those ROCKS FROM = SPACE! Ramble...Ramble...Ramble On ! Best Wishes Michael Cottingham ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C1957D.C2A30A00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4611.1300" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----=20 <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A=20 title=3Dmikewren_at_gilanet.com = href=3D"mailto:mikewren_at_gilanet.com">Michael=20 Cottingham</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3Dmikewren_at_gilanet.com=20 href=3D"mailto:mikewren_at_gilanet.com">Michael Cottingham</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, January 05, 2002 12:08 AM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> My First Meteorite Specimen and = more.......</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello Everyone,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>What a nice thread.......</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>It brings back thoughts and feelings = from that 1st=20 space stone</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>that I held in my hand.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>My first meteorite was a Mbale = stone,Mundrabilla,=20 and a Allende.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I purchased them all at the same time = from NEMS,=20 Bethany Sciences,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>and from Bob Haag. I believe NEMS = arrived=20 first. This was in </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>1995.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I really wanted that Mbale stone = because I had read=20 about the</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>villagers in Mbale grinding it up to = eat...for a=20 cure for AIDS. This</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>was an interesting thought. = Had=20 meteorrites ever been used or</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>could they be used as a medicine??? It = was an=20 interesting</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>question and since I was doing Natural = Medicine at=20 the time it</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>seemed a natural thought for me. I read = everything=20 I could</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>on the subject and decided I wanted to = find a=20 meteorite!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>So I educated myself as to what they = looked like=20 ...what they</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>felt like, etc. I bought several more = common stones=20 and ugly</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>little fragments and I would take them = into the=20 desert with me</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>and throw them on the ground. I = tried to=20 train my</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>eye as to how "space rocks" looked on = the earth=20 ground.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I started to hunt around some dunes and = dry lake=20 beds near Columbus,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>New Mexico and low and behold I found a = NEW=20 Meteorite! I had </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>a bet going with my wife.... I said "If = I can find=20 a New Meteorite in New Mexico, then you have to let me go and risk our = savings=20 on an</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>expedition to the Atacama Desert in = Chile to hunt=20 for The Imilac Pallasite".</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>She Said "OK (thinking I would NEVER = find a New=20 Meteorite!)"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Well I found the Columbus...Went to = Chile by=20 myself(found 20 kilos),</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>did Odessa (Found about 1 kilo) Went = to Correo=20 (Found 200 grams)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Did Holbrook, Canyon Diablo, Gold = Basin, Macy,=20 Columbus again,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Portales Valley, Imilac again, = Monturaqui,=20 Mexico,Oklahoma, Texas,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Kansas, Arizona, Africa, Canada, = and some=20 other places too....</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I guess I have found a lot of = meteorites at these=20 and other places</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>that I am not going to mention right=20 now.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have placed thousands of "Meteorite = Wanted=20 Posters" in about</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>6 different states and I have recovered = many new=20 meteorites,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>some of which are:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Wagon Mound</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Floydada</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Falsey Draw</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Tolar</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Pasamonte (b)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Kermit 001-005</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Correo</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Portales Valley</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>& Hundreds and Hundreds of Kilos of = NWA's=20 !!!!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have sold,bought, or traded nearly a = million=20 dollars worth</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>of meteorites and I have had thousands = upon=20 thousands</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>of specimens pass through my = hands. My own=20 collection</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>is ever changing and some meteorites = only visit=20 with</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>me for a little while....others have=20 stayed</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>on for years now!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Here are a couple of poorly lit = photos of one=20 of my new cases:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>(Hard to see what is what?????) Just an = overview=20 Anyway!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atlantis/4596/case1.JPG">http://w= ww.geocities.com/Athens/Atlantis/4596/case1.JPG</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atlantis/4596/case2.JPG">http://w= ww.geocities.com/Athens/Atlantis/4596/case2.JPG</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have several more cases for NWA, = Inventory, and=20 other specimens</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>that are meteorite = related.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>However I still have my first = Meteorite.....that=20 Mbale. I still wonder(though I doubt it) if any of those Mbale folks = cured=20 themselves of AIDS????</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I told my wife Wren.. "Watch...one day = we will have=20 so many meteorites that we will be stumbling into them.....sure enough = my 25=20 kilo Sikhote-Alin got my Big toe the other day....."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>After 140 ebay auctions I am tired and = I have cut=20 & polished soooooo</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>many meteorites in the last two weeks = that I can=20 barely see straight..................... However, I still LOVE those = ROCKS FROM=20 SPACE!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ramble...Ramble...Ramble On = !</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Best Wishes</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Michael Cottingham</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C1957D.C2A30A00-- Received on Sat 05 Jan 2002 02:13:11 AM PST |
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