[meteorite-list] Tessera Update

From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:31:23 2004
Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV124earOSveS00003918_at_hotmail.com>

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http://www.meteoritearticles.com/coltessera.html

Tessera page update:

This Tessera webpage was created on 2-15-2004. The following was sent to=
 me in private the following day. Since this was a private e-mail I will=
 just call the person "Joe" (plus he is meteorite hunting right now so I =
can't ask permission to post his name.) I do think that the comment prov=
ided adds a little more thought. =20


"With regard to Tessera: seems to me that Matteo's having found several s=
pecimens within "a few meters" of each other, necessitates the existence =
of a large strewn field of hundreds or thousands of stones (such as Holbr=
ook or Pultusk) of which his several meters was a tiny part. We are not e=
xperts in the science of fragmentation physics, etc..., but we cannot con=
ceive of a scenario in which an incoming stony meteorite fragments to pro=
duce a small number of fully crusted individuals all landing within such =
a small area. (Perhaps there is a larger strewn field and Matteo's few- m=
eter area is a small portion of it?) Or might we have here an example of =
someone concocting a situation without thinking through the physics....."=
   Joe





Dieter reported giving a trade value of $200 a gram for the material he u=
sed for study. This webpage was created on February 15, 2004. On Februa=
ry 16, 2004, Steve Arnold of Chicago, had a "Tessera" specimen on eBay, e=
nclosed in a Riker mount case. Steve Arnold was not aware that I would c=
reate this Tessera webpage earlier and one would think his listing was pe=
rfect timing.




And so, almost four years after getting a $200 a gram trade/sell price fo=
r the Tessera meteorite. A 1.1 gram specimen of Tessera, starting as a =
true auction at $0.01 the week before, ended at $4.25 (eBay item number 2=
224581918). Let's hope that was a generic $2.00 riker mount, rather then=
 one of the $3.00 name brand models."







I hate it when you go the public parks and the ducks try attacking your f=
eet and bite at you, hoping you might have bread in your pockets. I unde=
rstand it is because we feed the ducks bread and I understand why we feed=
 them. Let us all try not to feed the duck.

Mark Bostick
www.meteoritearticles.com

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left><FONT color=3D#000000></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT co=
lor=3D#000000>Tessera page update:</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT c=
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w" color=3D#000000></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT class=3DHe=
lvetica10 face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" color=3D=
#000000>This Tessera webpage was created on 2-15-2004.&nbsp; The followin=
g was sent to me in private the following day.&nbsp; Since this was a pri=
vate e-mail I will just call the person "Joe" (plus he is meteorite hunti=
ng right now so I can't ask permission to post his name.)&nbsp; I do thin=
k that the comment provided adds a little more thought.&nbsp; </FONT></DI=
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 seems to me that Matteo's having found several specimens within "a few m=
eters" of each other, necessitates the existence of a large strewn field =
of hundreds or thousands of stones (such as Holbrook or Pultusk) of which=
 his several meters was a tiny part. We are not experts in the science of=
 fragmentation physics, etc..., but we cannot conceive of a scenario in w=
hich an incoming stony meteorite fragments to produce a small number of f=
ully crusted individuals all landing within such a small area. (Perhaps t=
here is a larger strewn field and Matteo's few- meter area is a small por=
tion of it?) Or might we have here an example of someone concocting a sit=
uation without thinking through the physics....." &nbsp; Joe</FONT><FONT =
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<FONT class=3DHelvetica10 face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Aria=
l Narrow" color=3D#000000>Dieter reported giving a trade value of $200 a =
gram for the material he used for study.&nbsp; This webpage was created o=
n February 15, 2004.&nbsp; On February 16, 2004, Steve Arnold of Chicago,=
 had a "Tessera" specimen on eBay, enclosed in a Riker mount case.&nbsp; =
Steve Arnold was not aware that I would create this Tessera webpage earli=
er and one would think his listing was perfect timing.</FONT></DIV> <DIV =
align=3Dleft><FONT class=3DHelvetica10 face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, adobe-he=
lvetica, Arial Narrow"><BR><FONT color=3D#000000></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DI=
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Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow"><FONT color=3D#000000>An=
d so, almost four years after getting a $200 a gram trade/sell price for =
the Tessera meteorite. &nbsp; A 1.1 gram specimen of Tessera, starting as=
 a true auction at $0.01 the week before, ended at $4.25 (eBay item numbe=
r 2224581918).&nbsp; Let's hope that was a generic $2.00 riker mount, rat=
her then </FONT><FONT color=3D#000000>one of the $3.00 name brand models.=
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000></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT color=3D#000000></FONT>&n=
bsp;</DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT color=3D#000000>I hate it when you go =
the public parks and the ducks try attacking your feet and bite at you, h=
oping you might have bread in your pockets.&nbsp; I understand it is beca=
use we feed the ducks bread and I understand why we feed them.&nbsp; Let =
us all try not to feed the duck.</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT col=
or=3D#000000></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT color=3D#000000>=
Mark Bostick</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT color=3D#000000><A href=
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