[meteorite-list] First meteorite
From: Dan Wray <spika_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:55:40 2004 Message-ID: <001a01c1961a$54d759c0$53f36641_at_spika> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0016_01C195DF.A38F2EC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable As a mineral collector and amature astronomer I guess it was inevitable = that I would end up with meteorites. My first was a 10g. slice of = Gibeon that I bought at the swap meet at the Texas Star party in 1993. = Of course I still have it. I am a minor collector compared to many on = this list but the collection continues to grow. I display it frequently = at Chamberlin Observatory for the monthly open houses sponcered by the = Denver Astronomical Society. At first I only bought during the Denver = Gem and Mineral Show, where I have met a number of the dealers on this = list. Later, I discovered the internet and now I don't have to waite = for a fix. One year ago I discovered the Colorado Meteorite Society = (COMETS). We meet monthly and I now have people that understand me. = Dan Wray, Denver, Colorado. ------=_NextPart_000_0016_01C195DF.A38F2EC0 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 content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dwindows-1252" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>As a mineral collector and amature astronomer I = guess it was=20 inevitable that I would end up with meteorites. My first was a = 10g. slice=20 of Gibeon that I bought at the swap meet at the Texas Star party in = 1993. Of=20 course I still have it. I am a minor collector compared to many on = this=20 list but the collection continues to grow. I display it frequently = at=20 Chamberlin Observatory for the monthly open houses sponcered by the = Denver=20 Astronomical Society. At first I only bought during the Denver Gem = and=20 Mineral Show, where I have met a number of the dealers on this = list. =20 Later, I discovered the internet and now I don't have to waite for a = fix. =20 One year ago I discovered the Colorado Meteorite Society (COMETS). = We meet=20 monthly and I now have people that understand me. Dan Wray, = Denver,=20 Colorado.</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0016_01C195DF.A38F2EC0-- Received on Sat 05 Jan 2002 01:53:49 PM PST |
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