[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>

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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







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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>Hi =
Martin,</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3DVerdana>&gt;oops, =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3DVerdana>&gt;latest =
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arrives in your mailbox </FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3DVerdana>&gt;for the =
rest on that=20
one.</FONT><BR></DIV></FONT></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Well&nbsp; 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>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>snooooooze</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-Walter&nbsp;</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&nbsp; =

31420</DIV>
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  <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" &lt;branchw_at_bellsouth.net&gt; =
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.) &nbsp;and I was wondering if =
anyone=20
    would care to describe their collecting specialties or =
subspecialties.=20
    &nbsp;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
    &nbsp;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
    &nbsp;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? &nbsp;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
    &lt;http://www.branchmeteorites.com&gt; <BR>Walter Branch, =
Ph.D.<BR>Branch=20
    Meteorites<BR>PO Box 60492<BR>Savannah, GA=20
    &nbsp;31420<BR></FONT></FONT><FONT face=3DVerdana><BR></FONT><FONT=20
    size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial><BR></FONT></FONT><FONT=20
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