[meteorite-list] John Blennert and Gold Basin

From: John Blennert <goldmaster_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Mar 21 13:24:55 2005
Message-ID: <002001c5264b$4a3a8900$016ff004_at_Goldmaster>

Hi Philip, Martin and All

The pleasure was all mine !! What other hobby can a guy go out into the
desert have some fresh air ,fun and excersize . Find butt ugly rocks , send
em off and get nice praise letters !! I can't think of a better use for them
,then to share them with inquisitive minds !! Thanks for the kind words !!
Warmest Regards
John Blennert
----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip Schmitz" <paschmitz_at_hotmail.com>
To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] John Blennert and Gold Basin


> Hello list,
>
> The Maryland Science Center also thanks Mr. John Blennert for his kind
> donation of Gold Basin and other meteorites. These meteorites will be on
> display at the museum and also used as hands on explainers to our
> visitors.
>
> Phil Schmitz
>
>>From: Martin Horejsi <martinh_at_isu.edu>
>>To: Meteorite List <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
>>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] John Blennert and Gold Basin
>>Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 08:03:29 -0700
>>
>>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
>>>
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