[meteorite-list] Posts that don't get through

From: bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:31:14 2004
Message-ID: <DIIE.0000003700001EA0_at_paulinet.de>

Hello All,

When Moni posted her "Happy Easter" greetings and asked about
the possibility of damage to one's ear drums as a consequence of
sonic booms, I responded via our List but the mail never showed up
on Meteorite Central.

No problem because I sent a private mail when I realized something
was wrong. But Alex Seidel also informed me that his mail re: Wabar
did not make it to the List yesterday, so he re-sent it today, ... again
nothing shows up on our List.

So, I am now forwarding his mail about a recent addition to his collection
that he is very proud of. I very well understand what Alex is talking about
because I purchased a Wabar slice from Michael Cottingham not too
long ago and I am glad I did that. Alex's slice comes from our List member
John Sinclair's "Saturday Sale" and I would like to add that I was also
"tickled" by one of John's offers - a historic fall: Staelldalen, a beautiful veined
and brecciated slice with fusion crust!


Now, here is Alex's post:

Hi list,

I was fortunate to add a small Wabar iron slice and "Wabar pearl"
(glassy impactite from the site) to my collection recently. Looking
for more info on the internet I found quite a lot of URLs. One of the
more interesting and informative ones was co-authored by the late
Gene Shoemaker, a legend on his own, as we all know. If you are
interested, please have a look at

http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/jwynn/3wabar.html

There has also been a very nice article in the Scientific American
journal a couple of years ago by the very same authors, but the
direct link to this article on the journal's website seems to be
defunct. This is now available as a 603 kB PDF from Keith Meldahl
at Mira Costa College, and well worth reading:

http://www.miracosta.edu/home/kmeldahl/articles/sands.pdf

And, of course, there's also a nice little summary on our collector
friend David Weir's website, which btw is always good for a visit.
And more info in Buchwald's trilogy on iron meteorites and other
good meteorite books...

Seems this remote crater field will be entirely covered by the moving
sand dunes in the next few decades.

Alex
Berlin/Stade, Germany

P.S.: this was sent to the list as soon as yesterday, but apparently
did not come through, as I do not see it listed in the archives.
I apologize if I am wrong, and instead you may have got a double
copy now which wasn't my intention.
Received on Wed 14 Apr 2004 05:49:19 PM PDT