[meteorite-list] Thuathe questions
From: Michael Farmer <farmerm_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:23:44 2004 Message-ID: <014301c2e1ec$3f559520$e731ef42_at_computer> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0140_01C2E1B1.91B95B20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Here are answers to some of the questions posed.=20 The people there speak an interesting form of English, and Sotho. Many = spoke English but it was hard to understand. They were all very nice = though.=20 The reason the Hupe's stones looked more rusted is this,=20 the scientist, David Ambrose told Eric and I that when they first got = the stones, they were all dirty, and they soaked many of them in water = to try and remove the dirt. We all know that water and meteorites don't = mix, so this of course caused them to badly rust. Once they did that, = they no longer washed them, so only the first batch was so affected. He = told me that those stones had been sold and since the Hupe's got the = first stones, I must assume that those were the ones that the university = tried to clean.=20 There were other questions, but I seem to be having a jet-lag = induced memory loss, so please propose any questions again ASAP so that = I can answer them here.=20 It sure is a beautiful place.=20 Perfect for a meteorite hunt, although I am still waiting for a fall in = Tahiti!=20 Mike Farmer http://www.meteoriteguy.com/thuathehunt.htm ------=_NextPart_000_0140_01C2E1B1.91B95B20 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 http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Here are answers to some of the = questions posed.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The people there speak an interesting = form of=20 English, and Sotho. Many spoke English but it was hard to understand. = They were=20 all very nice though. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The reason the Hupe's stones looked = more rusted is=20 this, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>the scientist, David Ambrose told Eric = and I that=20 when they first got the stones, they were all dirty, and they soaked = many of=20 them in water to try and remove the dirt. We all know that water and = meteorites=20 don't mix, so this of course caused them to badly rust. Once they did = that, they=20 no longer washed them, so only the first batch was so affected. He told = me that=20 those stones had been sold and since the Hupe's got the first stones, I = must=20 assume that those were the ones that the university tried to clean.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> There were other = questions, but=20 I seem to be having a jet-lag induced memory loss, so please propose any = questions again ASAP so that I can answer them here. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>It sure is a beautiful place. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Perfect for a meteorite hunt, although = I am still=20 waiting for a fall in Tahiti! </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mike Farmer</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://www.meteoriteguy.com/thuathehunt.htm">http://www.meteorite= guy.com/thuathehunt.htm</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0140_01C2E1B1.91B95B20-- Received on Mon 03 Mar 2003 08:20:28 PM PST |
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