[meteorite-list] THUATHE! The Best Fall in a LONG TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

From: David Freeman <dfreeman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:23:45 2004
Message-ID: <3E66C394.7030707_at_fascination.com>

Dear Michael, All lucky Thuathe owners;
Any chance of a photo of one or two cool specimens for the rest of us
not so fortunate slugs?

Even a picture of a crumb is wealth to a starving person! The stories
are wonderful!

Very Best,
Dave F.

Michael Cottingham wrote:

> Hello Everyone!!!
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> I went to see Mike Farmer on Monday....just around the time of his
> grand opening for Thuathe...the new FALL from Lesotho! I fell in love
> with that meteorite. BLACK FUSION CRUST on most pieces...FLOW LINES
> and DEEP GROVES on others...SOOOOOOO BEAUTIFUL! I bought
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> a 256.5 gram masterpiece, 146 gram Groove deep with flight markings,
> and about 10 other pieces.... nearly 500 grams
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> worth.
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> With all the write up and field data collected so far, not to mention
> the cool stories for many of the pieces I believe this is one hot
> puppy....not since La Criolla or Portales Valley
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> has a meteorite been so exciting. I LOVE THIS METEORITE.... maybe it
> has been a lack of exciting new falls or maybe it just is a great
> meteorite. I do know that
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> Mike Farmer just about sold out during the 3 Hours I was visiting him!
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> I just want to Thank Mike Farmer in Public...for putting a Great New
> Meteorite on The market and for puttting a spark back into collecting
> for me!!!! YEAH! THUATHE! LESOTHO 1st METEORITE.
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> Michael Cottingham
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Received on Wed 05 Mar 2003 10:42:12 PM PST