[meteorite-list] Collecting Habits
From: Walter Branch <branchw_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:33 2004 Message-ID: <001d01c39767$af5c6700$7dcc9f44_at_wbranch> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001A_01C39746.2807A380 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Re: [meteorite-list] Collecting HabitsHi Martin, >oops, you will have to wait till the=20 >latest Meteorite arrives in your mailbox=20 >for the rest on that one. Well now, you certainly have my curiosity but I have to give my 4 year = old a bath then put her to bed (without myself falling asleep - one can = read "Where the Wild Things Are" only so many times without drifting = off) but I will write more later. snooooooze -Walter=20 ------------------------------------------ www.branchmeteorites.com Walter Branch, Ph.D. Branch Meteorites PO Box 60492 Savannah, GA 31420 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Martin Horejsi=20 To: Meteorite Mailing List=20 Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 7:58 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Collecting Habits Hi Walter and all, Your question is a good one and one I approached it in my own way in = my Accretion Desk column in the Meteorite Times ( = http://www.meteoritetimes.com ) with my new series on what I call = esoteric collecting. From time to time, I will focus on a = less-than-popular collecting focus. For the first installment, I = addressed those specimens that have more than one collection number = painted on them. I have many more possible directions, some more sound = than others, but all designed to stimulate the imagination. Something it = sounds like you are doing as well. I would like to hear more of what you imagine took place before the = formal discovery of a specimen. It is just recreational though, but = something dear to my heart and brain. I have also found the same meteoritical daydreaming when I put the = stories together in my column 'From the Strewnfields' in Meteorite = Magazine. It is easy to list the facts as the Meteoritical Bulletin does = a good job of that, but I want to bring the story to life, to take the = reader to the dusty fields of Idaho... oops, you will have to wait till = the latest Meteorite arrives in your mailbox for the rest on that one. Cheers, Martin On 10/20/03 4:30 PM, "Walter Branch" <branchw_at_bellsouth.net> wrote: Hello Everyone, I have been thinking of the different ways to collect meteorites = (e.g., type, class, location, etc.) and I was wondering if anyone would = care to describe their collecting specialties or subspecialties. The = reason I ask is because I have gotten interested in a sort of unusual = specialty area - the find or fall consisting of a single specimen. TKW = is not an issue as it would be paired with no other specimen. An image comes to my mind of a single, lonely meteorite, a common = chondrite, out on the plains of the midwest US (for example) sitting = there for hundreds if not thousands of years, just waiting to be found = by anyone. Maybe it was looked and wondered about scores of times by = many a passerby or maybe just ignored. Anyone else have this interest? I would be interested in hearing = about others collecting interests. Best wishes, -Walter ------------------------------------------ www.branchmeteorites.com <http://www.branchmeteorites.com>=20 Walter Branch, Ph.D. Branch Meteorites PO Box 60492 Savannah, GA 31420 ------=_NextPart_000_001A_01C39746.2807A380 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><TITLE>Re: [meteorite-list] Collecting Habits</TITLE> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1226" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>Hi = Martin,</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3DVerdana>>oops, = you will have to=20 wait till the </FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3DVerdana>>latest = Meteorite=20 arrives in your mailbox </FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3DVerdana>>for the = rest on that=20 one.</FONT><BR></DIV></FONT></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Well now, you certainly have my = curiosity but=20 I have to give my 4 year old a bath then put her to bed (without myself = falling=20 asleep - one can read "Where the Wild Things Are" only so many times = without=20 drifting off) but I will write more later.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>snooooooze</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-Walter </DIV></FONT> <DIV>------------------------------------------<BR><A=20 href=3D"http://www.branchmeteorites.com">www.branchmeteorites.com</A><BR>= Walter=20 Branch, Ph.D.<BR>Branch Meteorites<BR>PO Box 60492<BR>Savannah, GA = 31420</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><BR> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dmartinh_at_isu.edu href=3D"mailto:martinh@isu.edu">Martin = Horejsi</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 title=3Dmeteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 href=3D"mailto:meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com">Meteorite Mailing = List</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 20, 2003 = 7:58=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [meteorite-list] = Collecting=20 Habits</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana>Hi Walter and all,<BR><BR>Your = question is a=20 good one and one I approached it in my own way in my Accretion Desk = column in=20 the Meteorite Times ( <A=20 = href=3D"http://www.meteoritetimes.com">http://www.meteoritetimes.com</A> = ) with=20 my new series on what I call esoteric collecting. From time to time, I = will=20 focus on a less-than-popular collecting focus. For the first = installment, I=20 addressed those specimens that have more than one collection number = painted on=20 them. I have many more possible directions, some more sound than = others, but=20 all designed to stimulate the imagination. Something it sounds like = you are=20 doing as well.<BR><BR>I would like to hear more of what you imagine = took place=20 before the formal discovery of a specimen. It is just recreational = though, but=20 something dear to my heart and brain.<BR><BR>I have also found the = same=20 meteoritical daydreaming when I put the stories together in my column = =91From=20 the Strewnfields=92 in Meteorite Magazine. It is easy to list the = facts as the=20 Meteoritical Bulletin does a good job of that, but I want to bring the = story=20 to life, to take the reader to the dusty fields of Idaho... oops, you = will=20 have to wait till the latest Meteorite arrives in your mailbox for the = rest on=20 that one.<BR><BR>Cheers,<BR><BR>Martin<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>On = 10/20/03=20 4:30 PM, "Walter Branch" <branchw_at_bellsouth.net> = wrote:<BR><BR></FONT> <BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial>Hello=20 Everyone,<BR></FONT></FONT><FONT face=3DVerdana><BR></FONT><FONT = size=3D2><FONT=20 face=3DArial>I have been thinking of the different ways to collect = meteorites=20 (e.g., type, class, location, etc.) and I was wondering if = anyone=20 would care to describe their collecting specialties or = subspecialties.=20 The reason I ask is because I have gotten interested in a sort = of=20 unusual specialty area - the find or fall consisting of a single = specimen.=20 TKW is not an issue as it would be paired with no other=20 specimen.<BR></FONT></FONT><FONT face=3DVerdana><BR></FONT><FONT = size=3D2><FONT=20 face=3DArial>An image comes to my mind of a single, lonely = meteorite, a common=20 chondrite, out on the plains of the midwest US (for example) sitting = there=20 for hundreds if not thousands of years, just waiting to be found by = anyone.=20 Maybe it was looked and wondered about scores of times by many = a=20 passerby or maybe just ignored.<BR></FONT></FONT><FONT=20 face=3DVerdana><BR></FONT><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial>Anyone = else have this=20 interest? I would be interested in hearing about others = collecting=20 interests.<BR></FONT></FONT><FONT face=3DVerdana><BR></FONT><FONT = size=3D2><FONT=20 face=3DArial>Best wishes,<BR></FONT></FONT><FONT = face=3DVerdana><BR></FONT><FONT=20 size=3D2><FONT=20 = face=3DArial>-Walter<BR>------------------------------------------<BR>www= .branchmeteorites.com=20 <http://www.branchmeteorites.com> <BR>Walter Branch, = Ph.D.<BR>Branch=20 Meteorites<BR>PO Box 60492<BR>Savannah, GA=20 31420<BR></FONT></FONT><FONT face=3DVerdana><BR></FONT><FONT=20 size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial><BR></FONT></FONT><FONT=20 face=3DVerdana><BR><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT=20 face=3DVerdana><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_001A_01C39746.2807A380-- Received on Mon 20 Oct 2003 08:10:07 PM PDT |
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