[meteorite-list] Meteorite Consumption

From: Tom aka James Knudson <knudson911_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:17:46 2004
Message-ID: <015301c3c1d8$09f2a720$d0cc43d8_at_malcolm>

Hello Rob and List, All this talk about meteorite consumption, well I had to
give it a try! But, I found it depressing! Have any of you meteorite
eaters experienced depression afterwards? I can't tell if it is an after
effect or that it is that I just ate my favorite 78g Bensour whole?
Thanks, Tom
Peregrineflier <><
Yea, that's right,
The proudest member of the IMCA # 6168
----- Original Message -----
From: Rob Wesel <nakhladog_at_comcast.net>
To: Sterling K. Webb <kelly_at_bhil.com>; <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 3:48 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Consumption


> I have a 40 gram vial of Camel Donga that is powdered to the consistency
of
> corn starch (for, I believe, refraction studies) that I occasionally break
> out for eating straight or mixing up a cosmic cocktail.
>
> The Moon...no. Vesta...yes.
>
> I find it strangely satisfying to commune with the cosmos in such a way.
> Carcinogenesis aside, I recommend it to anyone to take a nibble and see if
> it doesn't evoke a greater sense of reverence.
>
> I have enjoyed Mbale (do what the Romans do) and Zagami (at the suggestion
> of fellow list member and friend Dave Harris, who has also eaten Zagami
> along with his three sons for the sake of Mars appreciation) as well , but
> found them gritty...go figure. I can also speak for list member Mark
> Ferguson as we ate some Camel Donga together. And while we are at it, Dave
> Harris' infant son teethed on a Krinov labeled Sikhote-Alin.
>
> We are made from stars to begin with, everything is, and we are what we
eat
> so they say.
>
> I will bring some Camel Donga to Tucson for anyone who wants a sprinkle.
>
> Rob Wesel
> ------------------
> We are the music makers...
> and we are the dreamers of the dreams.
> Willy Wonka, 1971
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sterling K. Webb" <kelly_at_bhil.com>
> To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Cc: <MexicoDoug_at_aol.com>; <cviau@beld.net>
> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 11:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Cutting Meteorites
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > We're talking here about the bodily incorporation of
> > extra-terrestial material, whether by aspiration or ingestion. On the
> > other hand, when Kim Stanley Robinson, the author of the Mars Trilogy
> > (Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars), finished the 12,000 manuscript pages
> > and sent them to the publisher for the final publication, he sat on the
> > roof of his house at dawn and ATE A ZAGAMI! Having metaphorically
> > digested Mars, he thought it appropriate to partially metabolize the
> > actual planet. (It was a small Zagami and it was powdered.)
> > OK, 'fess up! Has anybody on the List taken a tiny nibble of the
> > MOON?
> >
> >
> > Sterling K. Webb
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -----
> >
> > MexicoDoug_at_aol.com wrote:
> >
> > > Bob - Not Chondrite Lung disease. Just Garden variety lung and nasal
> > > cancer.
> > >
> > > CharlyV - First my geocities site has gremlins, and now Bob M. can't
> > > do his hobby in peace without fear of catching some fierce E.T.
> > > disease...you're a real hypochondrite, man !!
> > >
> > > Just joking Charly, for what it's worth I'm a chemist, and CharlyV is
> > > right on (Peace).
> > >
> > > According to the American EPA (see link), it is a linear response
> > > relating refinery dust (includes sulfides), if your breathe it
> > > chronically you will have one in 10,000 odds, at 0.0000004 grams per
> > > cubic meter of air. That is considered quite large by toxicologists
> > > (chemist usually don't read the instructions, so chemists aren't
> > > usually of much help...their life spans are on the average 10 years
> > > less, too, really, and lets not look at the last years of quality).
> > > So it is a recognized human carcinogen.
> > >
> > > They further say it is a linear cause effect relationship and show
> > > some epidimological numbers. Which roughly translate that snorting
> > > 0.000146 grams per cubic meter of air for just one day of the year
> > > having the same 1 in 10,000 results. Or looked at another way: The
> > > average person breathes about 8 cubic meters of air per day. These
> > > odds are for 1.17 mg total breathed in in one day. At 0.117 gram per
> > > day of Ni dust, one day a year...you have 1 in a 100 chance. of
> > > getting these cancers. Or at least one person on this list. My
> > > extrapolations are not rigorous...but they shouldn't be unfounded,
> > > either.
> > >
> > > Did Nininger live to be 99 years old? Goes to show that individual
> > > response and statistics are two separate issues...but a dust mask is
> > > definity a good idea. Enough people get colon cancer from eating
> > > barbecued and smoked foods, to make it believable that ingesting
> > > burnt out stardust has a lot of inorganic nasties besides just
> > > worrying about nickel. One could always drop cutting and polishing
> > > for rose-garden tending...or just not breath that interplanetary and
> > > intergalactic dust in. Its not the same stuff Tinkerbell blows magic
> > > spells with...even though its nice to let the imagination run...
> > >
> > > http://www.epa.gov/iris/subst/0272.htm
> > >
> > > (this is the closest match the EPA has investigated.)
> > >
> > > Saludos
> > > Doug Dawn
> > > Mexico
> > >
> > > En un mensaje con fecha 12/12/2003 11:36:54 PM Mexico Standard Time,
> > > cviau_at_beld.net escribe:
> > >
> > >
> > >> Asunto: RE: [meteorite-list] Re: Cutting Meteorites
> > >> Fecha: 12/12/2003 11:36:54 PM Mexico Standard Time
> > >> De: cviau_at_beld.net
> > >> Para: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
> > >> Enviado por Internet
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Yes, but only for a dremmel. You pro's cut with big equipment and
> > >> use
> > >> liquid
> > >> Coolants that must trap all of the dust. A dremmel using a cutting
> > >> wheel
> > >> really puts out a lot of dust in the air. Not being a chemist, I do
> > >> think that airborne nickel dust might be poisonous... A dust mask
> > >> cannot
> > >> be a bad idea.
> > >>
> > >> CharlyV
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com
> > >> [mailto:meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Bob
> > >> Martino
> > >> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 1:03 PM
> > >> To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
> > >> Subject: [meteorite-list] Re: Cutting Meteorites
> > >>
> > >> CharlyV points out that one should always use a dust mask when
> > >> cutting
> > >> meteorites.
> > >>
> > >> Great. As if my life wasn't complicated enough, now my hobby has a
> > >> new
> > >> hazard associated with it:
> > >>
> > >> "Chondrite Lung Disease"
> > >>
> > >> -----
> > >> Bob Martino, Tucson, AZ
> > >>
> > >> Can you really name a star? Read the Truth!
> > >> http://home.columbus.rr.com/starfaq/
> > >> .
> > >>
> > >> >Subject: FW: [meteorite-list] Cutting Meteorites
> > >> >
> > >> >This response got lost somehow. re-posted here, likely an
> > >> attachment
> > >> in
> > >> >thread exceeded text size limit..
> > >> >
> > >> >The Dremmel diamond blades are nice, but don't use them on irons or
> > >>
> > >> even
> > >> >H chondrites. They just cannot take the punishment and your $15 or
> > >> $20
> > >> >goes up in smoke in a few small slices. (even with lube). Believe
> > >> that
> > >> >the #420 cutoff wheels (tungsten carbide with quartz) used with
> > >> >paraffin work better. Try it yourself. You also get 20 for about
> > >> $4.00,
> > >> >good for a lot of cuts, and remember to use that candle. (oh. and
> > >> eye
> > >> >protection and a silk scarf over your nose/mouth or one of those
> > >> cheap
> > >> >construction dust masks.)
> > >> >
> > >> >CharlyV
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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