[meteorite-list] NWA & Saharan meteorites : )

From: colin wade <ceweed_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:31:38 2004
Message-ID: <00b901c3e090$28ac5180$02000003_at_colinwad>

hi robert & here here
If the meteorites have the courtesy to make themselves known to us they must
be of interest to someone
I'm interested in your approach to microspheres .
How many do you find & how often & wharray look like ?

may my fingers someday hit the keys I think they are

allthe best
col
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Beauford" <wendirob_at_laplaza.org>
To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 12:38 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] NWA & Saharan meteorites : )


> Regarding NWA's... I'm not a sophisticted collector yet. I love em. I
love
> everything about em... except not knowing gps or what associates with
> what... but even so. I sure do like em. I've never seen a meteorite I
> didn't like... Not a single crusty moth eaten shard. I like em all. Any
> you don't want... just leave for me or send em on over. I still go
through
> my gutters with a magnet on a regular basis and sort through the muck
under
> a microscope to collect the microspheres. I collect those to. Nothing to
> big, to small, or to worn. If it's a meteorite, it is a friend o mine. I
> sit at the microscope gazing lovingly into the interiors of my simple L6's
> for hours upon end. I scan the surfaces repeatedly the same way...
tracing
> through the remains of fusion crust for interesting features... flow
lines,
> partially separated globules, interesting bits of metal poking through...
or
> just the byproducts of terrestrialization. Shattered... That just gives
me
> a nice look at the boundary between fusion crust and interior and a 3
> dimensional look at the interior structure... polished is nice to. As far
> as I'm concerned, there isn't such a thing as a boring, uninteresting, or
> undesireable meteorite. Still enchanted by the fact that they fell from
> space.....
> -Robert Beauford : )
> I'll just put my address down here so you all know where to send all those
> nasty old NWA's or anything else you don't want around. : )
> Robert Beauford
> HC 71 Box 2B
> Taos, NM 87571
>
>
> > Hi Matt & Ron,
> > I think we can all agree that the common, highly weathered, small
> > fragments that look like someone took a pick to a hardpan cliff hold
> > little interest. Even they, however, if cheap enough, can be used to
> > give to wide eyed kids - a "freebe" first stone meteorite. They are,
> > after all, meteorites - just VERY dull and uninteresting to
> > usexperienced and "sophisticated" (read jaded) individuals.
> > However, for me to spend $150/kg for a pile of that stuff
> > would require it be available in 100 or 200g lots, as I certainly
> > would have no interest in sinking $150 (or is there a 5 or 10 KG
> > "minimum"?) into a pile of "scrap." Don't run into THAT many
> > kids....They make the worst of the Gold Basin material look
> > "fascinating" in comparison. Still, they would be nice "givaways" & I
> > would certainly put up with "some" to get the material Ron wrote about,
> > but, that would require going to NWA & all the shots & $ that would
> > entail.
> > With my luck, every nomad would tell me, "Gee, last week we sold 14
> > camel packs of different kinds to some other crazy Europeans & Americans
> > - some were black as the night & others looked like half a ball, with
> > little lines comming off the center and.....Of course we had to charge
> > them $20 per kilo for the black ones...."
> > Sorta like, "This morning the surf was 8 feet and PERFECT form!" or
> > "Man, an hour ago the fish were bitin' like you wouldn't believe!" Of
> > course, they would have plenty that looked like it came out of a wheel
> > barrow at a demolition site. "These are only
> > $10 per kilo!" Yippie.
> > --
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> > - Leo Rosten
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