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

From: Michael Cottingham <mikewren_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:23:45 2004
Message-ID: <000701c2e393$bad341e0$f6d9ead8_at_hppav>

Hello,

I will take some photos with some daylight tomorrow and post links to
them... I would be happy to!

Thanks & Best Wishes

Michael
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Freeman" <dfreeman_at_fascination.com>
To: "Michael Cottingham" <mikewren_at_gilanet.com>
Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] THUATHE! The Best Fall in a LONG
TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


> 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!!!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
> >
> > a 256.5 gram masterpiece, 146 gram Groove deep with flight markings,
> > and about 10 other pieces.... nearly 500 grams
> >
> > worth.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
> >
> > 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
> >
> > Mike Farmer just about sold out during the 3 Hours I was visiting him!
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > Michael Cottingham
> >
>
>
>
Received on Wed 05 Mar 2003 10:51:54 PM PST