[meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #7 - Free 2.3g Tatahoine

From: Rosemary Hackney <ltcrose_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:08:28 2004
Message-ID: <001701c2602f$6adea220$4273d6d1_at_default>

Wow Steve..

I was out at Sunset a few years ago.. Beautiful. It is a volcano.. Meteor
crater is a hole in the ground... but can be seen from a distance of a few
miles. How do they mix them up?

Rosie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Schoner" <american_meteorite_survey_at_yahoo.com>
To: "MARK BOSTICK" <thebigcollector_at_msn.com>;
<meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 2:40 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Contest #7 - Free 2.3g Tatahoine


> Having been a National Park Service ranger at Sunset
> Crater Volcano for many years one of the things that
> got very old was the confusion between "Meteor Crater"
> and "Sunset Crater"
>
> Often we would be asked, "Where is the crater?" and
> how was that mountain (the volcano) formed by a
> meteor?
>
>
> No relation-- obviously...
>
> Well, one day after who knows how many questions as to
> where is the "meteor crater"... I got this from one
> visitor.
>
> "Is this place where the volcano hit and formed a huge
> crater a mile wide..."
>
> Needless to say, I roared out laughing, after
> experiencing years of the "Sunset-Meteor Crater
> confusion"
>
> The visitor was straight faced, not comprehending my
> amusement.
>
> Steve Schoner
> --- MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_msn.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Meteorite Contest #7 - Free 2.3g Tatahoine
> >
> > Hello List,
> >
> > Its been a busy month or I would have done this
> > sooner. This is Meteorite
> > Contest #7. As you may remember Meteorite Contest
> > #6, decided the fate of
> > Contest #7. And that is, "What is the stran "
> > suggest by Mike Reynolds.
> > The prize in the auction is a 2.37 grams Tatahoine
> > fragment. The green
> > diogentite meteorite everybody loves. Please e-mail
> > all entries to the list
> > (and not me). Contest ends monday at noon Central.
> >
> > One of the funniest comments I have heard, and
> > multiple times has come from
> > a person holding a nice cut slice, "Are meteorites
> > so flat?".
> >
> > Why, Yes, look in most meteorite books. (Just
> > kidding).
> >
> > Thanks, Mark Bostick "The Big Collector"
> >
> >
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