[meteorite-list] John Blennert and Gold Basin

From: Martin Horejsi <martinh_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Mar 21 13:24:53 2005
Message-ID: <e0075858b6d7670f23b70471640f458c_at_isu.edu>

Hello John and all,

Idaho State University would also like to thank John Blennert for his
generous donation of specimens to the Idaho State Meteorite Collection
here on campus. A formal letter is forthcoming.

I believe this is the second such donation John has made to our
institution, and, as everyone reading this List knows, unless
meteorites can be placed into the hands of students, the excitement of
the topic quickly wains.

As William Butler Yeats once said, " Education is not the filling of a
pail, but the lighting of a fire."

Cheers,

Dr. Martin G. Horejsi
Associate Professor of Science Education
Campus Box 8059
Idaho State University
Pocatello, Idaho 83209



On Mar 2, 2005, at 4:03 AM, mark ford wrote:

>
> And ... I'd Like to publicly thank John Blennart for donating a nice
> collection of Gold Basins and others to South downs Planetarium in
> Chichester, England just before christmas. They were very much
> appreciated. They are on permanent display, and are enjoyed by visitors
> to the Planetarium.
>
> Very Kind.
>
> Best
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de [mailto:bernd.pauli@paulinet.de]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 10:00 PM
> To: Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: [meteorite-list] John Blennert and Gold Basin
>
> John wrote:
>
>> it was found before ... and the folks on
>> this list ever heard of Gold Basin !!!
>
> Hello John and List,
>
> These words bring back pleasant memories, ... memories from
> 1999 when I got an email from John after I had posted something
> about Michael Blood hunting for Gold Basin meteorites. John wrote:
>
> "I would like to extend a personal invitation for you to hunt Gold
> Basin.
> I will loan you a goldmaster metal detector and be your personal guide.
> I will cook (no guarantees) and get you familiar with the detector,
> heck
> I'll even give you a drive around and show you all the known field. I
> guarantee you'll find a few meteorites if I have to throw them at you?
> He He. That's assuming you don't have a hearing impairment !!! I know
> you are a long way from Arizona, but if you could find your way to get
> here I will try and accomodate anyway I can !! It's very hot there now
> the best times for hunting are October thru April. If this offer is not
> workable because of work, wife, kids or finances email me your address
> and I would love to mail you a nice Gold Basin!! I would be honored to
> send one to the man that helps so many!!"
>
> A few days later there were two beautiful specimens (76 and 86 gr) in
> my
> mailbox and they were welcomed by a small 31.5 gr specimen with an
> official
> field number (UA410) that I had purchased from Allan Lang some time
> before.
>
> John wrote in his letter that "most of the Gold Basin finds are broken
> up pretty bad" and that "both of these have a good show of crust."
>
> That was more than true because they even showed clear signs of primary
> crust,
> the 86-gram even signs of a secondary crust; the 76-gram piece has
> shallow
> regmaglypts, is conical and may thus be oriented or at least
> flight-marked
> from its plunge through the Earth's atmosphere.
>
> John, let me once again thank you for these beauties, and, you may be
> sure that
> they will never leave the B. Pauli Meteorite Collection, no matter
> where
> the wind
> blows from!
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Bernd
>
> ______________________________________________
> Meteorite-list mailing list
> Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
>
>
> ______________________________________________
> Meteorite-list mailing list
> Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
>
Received on Wed 02 Mar 2005 10:03:29 AM PST