[meteorite-list] Kaufman, Texas Meteorite.....a fall?

From: ken newton <magellon_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Dec 13 20:53:43 2004
Message-ID: <41BE479C.6030601_at_earthlink.net>

> tastes very strange & has unexplainable metallic colors

This comment reminds me of a 'taste' thread back in 2001.
Paul Harris had a neat concluding story:
http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2001-August/008000.html
best,
Ken Newton
IMCA#9632
http://home.earthlink.net/~magellon/news1.html



MARK BOSTICK wrote:

> Hello list,
>
> I guess I should first state I do not think Kaufman is a fall. Having
> said that and not researched it enough to really give much thought in
> the following, I thought others might find this of interest.
>
> It is an e-mail I got from an ebay bidder, which by ebay rules means I
> can not share their e-mail address or bidder/seller name so please do
> not ask. I am trying to get copies of the original papers (as they
> might note more then provided) and should I be able to get them, I
> would of course be willing to share the papers, whatever that amounts
> to be. This was sent to me in two e-mails, both of which are pasted
> below. I have edited out the name, and corrected a couple spelling
> errors.
>
> "I see your Kaufman meteorite pieces on Ebay often & wanted to share
> something with you. I know NOTHING about meteors, etc but have first
> hand knowledge of the pieces you are selling. My family came to
> Kaufman County TX in 1841 when it was still part of Nacogdoches
> Territory - Kaufman did not become a county until 1848. My great
> grandfather had a ledger he kept for his saloon business here - from
> 1871 to 1908 - and in it made several "observations" and "notations of
> history" that were passed down from his wife, her parents & others who
> were here since 1841. Also, along with this ledger was a rawhide bag
> that contained several pieces of "stars" that were picked up by my
> great great grandfather & his sons at about 1866-1867, on his land
> which is located 3.5 -4 miles SW from the town of Kaufman. According
> to my ancestors "the year after the war (Civil War) ended there came
> from heaven a shower of stars - millions of them- and they landed in
> the fields" - on parts of their land."
>
> "CONTINUATION - they picked up several pieces of these "stars" and
> kept them for many years - one piece I have now, however it looks
> nothing like the tiny pieces you are selling. My piece is nearly
> round, with "bumps" and is about 2" in diameter - it is very heavy,
> tastes very strange & has unexplainable metallic colors and
> characteristics. According to local history - pieces of these things
> were picked up for 30-40 years after they landed. Could your pieces
> and my piece be from same meteorite shower? (name edited) Kaufman TX"
>
> Sounds more like a meteor shower to me then a meteorite fall. And so
> it looks like once again I get to tell someone their heirloom
> "meteorites" are well....just bad tasting earth rocks.
>
> Mark Bostick
> Wichita, Kansas...Airplane Capitol of the world....which I imagine we
> will no longer be if or when Boeing sells the Wichita plant/s.
>
> PS. I have Kaufman slices on my website, and micromounts on ebay.
>
> www.meteoritearticles.com
>
>
> ______________________________________________
> Meteorite-list mailing list
> Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
>
Received on Mon 13 Dec 2004 08:53:32 PM PST