[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> ------=_NextPart_001_0026_01C3F522.7CCED9D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 ------=_NextPart_001_0026_01C3F522.7CCED9D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV> <DIV align=3D= left><FONT color=3D#ffffff><FONT class=3DHelvetica10 face=3D"Arial, Helve= tica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow"> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT class=3DHel= vetica10 face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" color=3D= #000000 size=3D1></FONT> </DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT class=3DHelv= etica10 face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" color=3D= #000000><A href=3D"http://www.meteoritearticles.com/coltessera.html">http= ://www.meteoritearticles.com/coltessera.html</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3D= left><FONT color=3D#000000></FONT> </DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT co= lor=3D#000000>Tessera page update:</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT c= lass=3DHelvetica10 face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narro= w" color=3D#000000></FONT> </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. The followin= g was sent to me in private the following day. 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.) I do thin= k that the comment provided adds a little more thought. </FONT></DI= V> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT class=3DHelvetica10 face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, = adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow"><BR><FONT color=3D#000000></FONT></FONT></= DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT class=3DHelvetica10 face=3D"Arial, Helvetica= , adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" color=3D#000000>"With regard to Tessera:= 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....." Joe</FONT><FONT = class=3DHelvetica10 face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narr= ow"><BR><FONT color=3D#000000></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FON= T class=3DHelvetica10 face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Na= rrow"><BR><FONT color=3D#000000></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><F= ONT class=3DHelvetica10 face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial = Narrow"><BR><FONT color=3D#000000></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft>= <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. This webpage was created o= n February 15, 2004. On February 16, 2004, Steve Arnold of Chicago,= had a "Tessera" specimen on eBay, enclosed in a Riker mount case. = 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= V align=3Dleft><FONT class=3DHelvetica10 face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, adobe-= helvetica, Arial Narrow"><BR><FONT color=3D#000000></FONT></FONT></DIV> <= DIV align=3Dleft><FONT color=3D#ffffff><FONT class=3DHelvetica10 face=3D"= 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. 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). 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.= "</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT color=3D#000000></FO= NT> </DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT color=3D#000000></FONT> </DI= V> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT color=3D#000000></FONT> </DIV> <DIV align= =3Dleft><FONT color=3D#000000></FONT> </DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT= color=3D#000000></FONT> </DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT color=3D#000= 000></FONT> </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. I understand it is beca= use we feed the ducks bread and I understand why we feed them. Let = us all try not to feed the duck.</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT col= or=3D#000000></FONT> </DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT color=3D#000000>= Mark Bostick</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT color=3D#000000><A href= =3D"http://www.meteoritearticles.com">www.meteoritearticles.com</A></FONT= ></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT color=3D#000000></FONT> </DIV> <DIV = align=3Dleft><FONT color=3D#000000></FONT> </DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft>= </DIV></FONT></FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0026_01C3F522.7CCED9D0-- Received on Tue 17 Feb 2004 07:51:36 AM PST |
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