[meteorite-list] New NWA's just keep coming!!

From: David Freeman <dfreeman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:30:00 2004
Message-ID: <3F73D606.1010605_at_fascination.com>

Dear Michael, List;
To simplify your post: COLLECT ALL METEORITES!

Insomniac,
Dave F.

Michael L Blood wrote:

>Hi John & all,
> John - you have nothing, whatsoever for which to apologize.
>There are many ways of approaching meteorite collecting - for instance,
>I can hardly stand it when I don't have at least a piece of any meteorite
>that hit something - or, as I call it, a "hammer" (because it "nailed"
>something/someone).
> Some collect only witnessed falls, others collect for geographic
>distribution, some collect only whole specimens - others, only end
>pieces, and most certainly, collecting by "type" is one of the more
>popular approaches.
> Some of us are REALLY greedy, and put together many different
>collections (IE, my addictions include whole stones, micromounts,
>macromounts, full slices, and by type, along with hammers)
> And, for a type collector, NWA is a HUMONGUS boon! It is now not
>only possible/affordable to have some of EVERYTHING - including
>lunars, SNCs, urilites, lodronites(sp?), bencubinites, stunning brechias,
>an LL3.0, etc - in most cases, it is reasonably affordable to have a decent
>sized specimen of each - AND, multiples of any given rare type.
> Yummy, yummy.
> Michael
>
>
>
>on 9/25/03 4:38 PM, j.divelbiss_at_att.net at j.divelbiss@att.net wrote:
>
>>List members,
>>
>>I know some of you guys/gals are not big NWA fans, but it is amazing to see
>>the awesome specimens that are still coming out of Africa. For instance, Mike
>>Farmer's new Howardite, NWA 1942 is truly an awesome specimen. I received a
>>small slice this week and it looks like an achondrite goulash...meat,
>>potatoes, all kinds of veggies in a nice sauce. What a mish-mash(mixture) of
>>meteorite parts and pieces!! As Mike said in his description...it maybe one
>>of, if not the nicest/coolest Howardite around. I only had one other sample
>>of a Howardite before this one...I'm glad I waited.
>>
>>The new NWA eucrites, urelites, C's, diogenites, mesosiderites, and other
>>rarities just keep coming. I'm sure new Lunars and SNC's are not far behind.
>>These numbered rocks certainly don't have the history or the romance of the
>>old standby's or new falls, but from a type collector's standpoint...they are
>>just stunning.
>>
>>A problem we collectors have is that we can only buy so much...leaving the
>>majority of NWA numbers to other collectors. Anymore, I have to be very picky
>>because the numbers and options are just too much for me. I don't need
>>everyone of the eucrites, etc.
>>
>>My apologies if I've offended or irritated anyone including the more
>>classical collectors, or those who have a problem with the NWA situation as a
>>whole...this is just a simple, but overwhelmed collector's view on some great
>>looking "rare" material.
>>
>>Thanx for reading,
>>
>>John
>>
>>
>>
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