[meteorite-list] Meteorite Books and Quotes

From: Walter Branch <branchw_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:01:30 2004
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Hello Everyone (again),

No, it wasn't Steve Schoner who wrote the quote I mentioned earlier =
(though it does sound a lot like Steve)!!!

Just picking Steve :-)

No winner as yet!

-Walter

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Walter Branch, Ph.D.
Branch Meteorites
322 Stephenson Ave., Suite B
Savannah, GA 31405 USA
www.branchmeteorites.com
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Walter Branch=20
  To: Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20
  Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 8:23 AM
  Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Books and Quotes


  Hello Everyone,

  I am preparing another list of meteorite books (all at free shipping) =
and I thought the following passage was mildly interesting. I will give =
a 10% discount to the first person who can tell me who wrote this and =
when he or she wrote it:

  "On account of the halo which naturally surrounds an object of such =
mysterious origin, meteorites have been eagerly sought by collectors - =
so eagerly, indeed, that stones and irons have been divided and =
subdivided to a degree bordering on the absurd and far removed from =
scientific. The desire on the part of collectors to secure =
representatives of the fullest possible number of falls has not only led =
them to bid prices high but has caused a stone - if only of moderate =
size - to be broken into bits so widely distributed that it has been =
impossible in later years to secure enough for study. Catalogs of =
collections have been printed in which certain rare falls were =
represented by fragments weighing but 0.1 or 0.2 gram or a little larger =
than the point of an ordinary lead pencil. Prices have soared =
accordingly and instances may be cited in which five to ten dollars a =
gram has been paid. The small meteorite which fell in Kilbourn, =
Wisconsin (Plate 40), in 1911, and passed through a board in the roof of =
a barn, sold as high as seven dollars a gram, largely on this account, =
as it was a stone of a common chondritic type. Obviously a meteorite =
has no actual value and these prices are not only wholly artificial and =
unscientific, but silly. It should be added that this condition is due =
largely to the mere collector rather than the serious student. =
Ambitious heads of departments on our public museums are, however, by no =
means blameless."

  Okay, who was it?

  Best wishes,

  -Walter=20

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  Walter Branch, Ph.D.
  Branch Meteorites
  322 Stephenson Ave., Suite B
  Savannah, GA 31405 USA
  www.branchmeteorites.com

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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello Everyone (again),</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>No, it wasn't Steve Schoner who wrote =
the quote I=20
mentioned earlier (though it does sound a lot like =
Steve)!!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Just picking Steve :-)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>No winner as yet!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-Walter</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR>-----------------------------------------------<BR>Walter =
Branch,=20
Ph.D.<BR>Branch Meteorites<BR>322 Stephenson Ave., Suite B<BR>Savannah, =
GA&nbsp;=20
31405 USA<BR><A=20
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  <A title=3Dbranchw_at_bellsouth.net =
href=3D"mailto:branchw_at_bellsouth.net">Walter=20
  Branch</A> </DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
  title=3DMeteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20
  =
href=3D"mailto:Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com">Meteorite-list@meteor=
itecentral.com</A>=20
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  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 04, 2002 =
8:23=20
AM</DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [meteorite-list] =
Meteorite Books=20
  and Quotes</DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello Everyone,</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I am preparing another list of =
meteorite books=20
  (all at free shipping) and I thought the following passage was mildly=20
  interesting.&nbsp; I will give a 10% discount to the first person who =
can tell=20
  me who wrote this and when he or she wrote it:</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"On account of the halo which =
naturally surrounds=20
  an object of such mysterious origin, meteorites have been eagerly =
sought by=20
  collectors - so eagerly, indeed, that stones and irons have been =
divided and=20
  subdivided to a degree bordering on the absurd and far removed from=20
  scientific.&nbsp; The desire on the part of collectors to secure=20
  representatives of the fullest possible number of falls has not only =
led them=20
  to bid prices high but has caused a stone - if only of moderate size - =
to be=20
  broken into bits so widely distributed that it has been impossible in =
later=20
  years to secure enough for study.&nbsp; Catalogs of collections have =
been=20
  printed in which certain rare falls were represented by fragments =
weighing but=20
  0.1 or 0.2 gram or a little larger than the point of an ordinary lead=20
  pencil.&nbsp; Prices have soared accordingly and instances may be =
cited in=20
  which five to ten dollars a gram has been paid.&nbsp; The small =
meteorite=20
  which fell in Kilbourn, Wisconsin (Plate 40), in 1911, and passed =
through a=20
  board in the roof of a barn, sold as high as seven dollars a gram, =
largely on=20
  this account, as it was a stone of a common chondritic type.&nbsp; =
Obviously a=20
  meteorite has no actual value and these prices are not only wholly =
artificial=20
  and unscientific, but silly.&nbsp; It should be added that this =
condition is=20
  due largely to the mere collector rather than the serious =
student.&nbsp;=20
  Ambitious heads of departments on our public museums are, however, by =
no means=20
  blameless."</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Okay, who was it?</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Best wishes,</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-Walter </FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
  size=3D2><BR>-----------------------------------------------<BR>Walter =
Branch,=20
  Ph.D.<BR>Branch Meteorites<BR>322 Stephenson Ave., Suite =
B<BR>Savannah,=20
  GA&nbsp; 31405 USA<BR><A=20
  =
href=3D"http://www.branchmeteorites.com">www.branchmeteorites.com</A></FO=
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