[meteorite-list] Happy Birthday New Concord!

From: Michael Blood <mlblood_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:04:44 2004
Message-ID: <3CD07D0C.1E3C_at_cox.net>

Hi Mike & Martin,
        New Concord certainly did not escape my awareness for meteoritic
hammers (that "nailed" something). It is one of about 20 I offer in
my "Hammer Set," and one of the largest - a several gram specimen
in each set. New Concord is nice, fresh, beautiful stuff, well
documented,
as well.....unlike the ol' Nakhla Dog (bait, bait), which I also include
in the set, though in a Bessey Speck sample, of course, to keep the
sets affordable. While I don't sell individual specimens apart from the
set, I WILL TRADE to get a hammer I don't yet have, or have only tiny
bits of.
        Some of these guyes have really interesting pedagrees, such as
Barwell, which struck not only cars and buildings, but one stone
flew in a window, bounced off the floor and landed in a cup of tea!
Of course, there are more "common" examples, such as Allende
(roofs, houses & patios), Holbrook (Train Station), Juancheng (through
a roof into a pot on the stove!), etc. So, we don't only have dead
cows, horses, cars and mailboxes, but a slew of other items, as well
as a badly bruised housewife.
        For a TERRIFIC list of "hammers" throughout history, see the extensive
list maintained by Walter Branch at:
http://www.branchmeteorites.com/MetStruck.html
        In my sets, so far, at least, the hardest to get was the Sylagauga
which
is exceptionally well documented as hitting a woman. I have HEARD
of one reputed to go through a car windshield and strike the driver in
the hand, but I have NEVER seen the material offered.... also, I want
more
& have only Bessey Specks of the extremely rare HH, Burnwell (Sept.4,
1990 Pike Co. KY TKW 1.504kg - Single stone fell through a porch), Canon
City, Co. & Bovedy, Ireland. Of course, my gratest interest lay in
specimens
of which I have none.....and there are many listed at the site
referenced above.
        Anyone who has any fall that hit something, which I do not have yet
or of which I have only tiny amounts, I would be very interested
in purchasing and/or trading. I have only about 20 different falls in my
sets so far.
        I consider hammers to be, by far, the most interesting of all falls.
I know some collectors collect ONLY falls & not finds - these are the
kings and queens of falls for my money. My favorites are Peekskill,
mostly
because I have a video tape of the magnificent fall, Valera, because of
its lethality and beauty, Claxton, just appeals to the 12 year old
vandal
I once was, Sylacauga - because it actually hit a PERSON and, New
Concord, again, for the beauty, freshness and lethality. These guys
really tell
impressive tales!
        Best wishes, Michael
        
        
        

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