[meteorite-list] BIG NANTAN FOR CHEAP

From: Charles R. Viau <cviau_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:29:52 2004
Message-ID: <000001c37586$7f1efab0$1800a8c0_at_chupa>

David, Steve, list,
        I guess that makes sense. Perhaps there is a new hunting
frontier here that Steve has re-discovered... In this case, go where
there are rocks...
I live in Boston, and most of the interesting rocks around here were
long ago scoured away by the glaciers and pushed into the sea. When I
visited Utah last month, I was like a kid in a candy store. There were
so many great geologic sites to visit, and I have never seen the likes
of some of the rock shops I visited. I wish I had asked them the same
questions that Steve did... In any case, I got a surcharge on my
overweight luggage coming home, but it was certainly worth every penny.



Charlyv


-----Original Message-----
From: David Freeman [mailto:dfreeman_at_fascination.com]
Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 4:52 PM
To: Charles R. Viau
Cc: 'Steve Arnold, Chicago!!!'; meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] BIG NANTAN FOR CHEAP

Dear Charlie, List;
It has been my experience out west here in Wyoming (USA), that the age
of the rock shop owner, and the amount of rocks that they have
accumulated multiplied by the "unproven Kingman factor/unknown" plus
correlated to the amount that was paid back then; minus memory loss
times number of pets in the immediate vicinity is equal to the amount
paid and thus the bargain harvested. This formula may sound ridiculous

but seriously, many, especially old rock shops tend to be accumulations

of many years and many collections put in one place (pets and old people

included). Better to move the rock and make a buck than to let it sit
and rust.
Best Sunday,
Dave Freeman

Charles R. Viau wrote:

>That is a great story. You would think that someone that owns a rock
>shop would be particularly keen on suspecting a meteorite, and also to
>know that it would be most likely worth more that anything else in the
>store... - and in the back room no less....
>
>Charlyv
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com
>[mailto:meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Steve
>Arnold, Chicago!!!
>Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 9:53 PM
>To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
>Subject: [meteorite-list] BIG NANTAN FOR CHEAP
>
>You know how they say you will never know what you find?Well today in
>all
>of the most unlikeliest place to find a meteorite, I did today.My wife
>and
>I were at a local mall doing some shopping when I found a rock shop
>there.I was looking around and talking to the help there when we were
>talking and I said I collect meteorites.Then she said we have afew old
>iron pieces in the back.Well like a kid I put om a real big grin and
>said,
>can I see them.Lo and behold she brings out this huge NANTAN.A real
>beauty.Hardly any rust or decay.And you believe the price.$100 for this
>huge iron meteorite.I asked her to weigh it if she could.She says it
>ways
>around 20 ibs.It was heavy, and I said 10 kilo's for $100.I bought
>it.Than
>she let me see some others.Some rust buckets ,some pretty clean, and
>some
>dirty but ok.Hell for$100, I should have bought some more.You just
never
>know what you will find.Talk about being lucky again.
>
> steve arnold
>
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