[meteorite-list] Santa Vitoria do Palmar - my Christmas Meteorite

From: Gerald Flaherty <grf2_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 18:28:04 -0500
Message-ID: <004f01c72169$d6a15b10$6402a8c0_at_Dell>

Hi Bernd, I hadn't heard but just got the GOOD news!!
Jerry Flaherty
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Brown" <radio_ranch at yahoo.com>
To: <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de>; <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 6:09 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Santa Vitoria do Palmar - my Christmas
Meteorite


> Hi Bernd,
>
> Very glad to hear that your pathology results are
> good!
>
> Best Regards,
> Pat
> --- bernd.pauli at paulinet.de wrote:
>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> Santa Vitoria do Palmar is a truly beautiful
>> meteorite and it has many a story
>> to tell part of which can be found on pages 12-16 of
>> the latest issue of "our"
>> Meteorite magazine. Thank you very much, Svend! What
>> a pity the pictures are
>> "only" black & white but, a color version is
>> available on Svend's homepage!
>>
>> Santa Vitoria do Palmar is my very special Christmas
>> meteorite, and here's
>> the story:
>>
>> Well, not very many list members know that I needed
>> surgery last November 27th.
>> A tumor had to be removed (the 2-inch scar still
>> itches and pinches) and while
>> my Pauline and I were at the hospital waiting for
>> the pathological results, we
>> were quite understandably a bit nervous ... would it
>> be malignant, would it be
>> benign?
>>
>> I tried not to brood too much and so I decided to
>> take my Meteorite magazine
>> with me and read Svend's article while waiting for
>> the results. I was soon
>> taken up so intensely that I almost forgot to worry
>> about the impending results.
>>
>> The result was: b e n i g n ! ... and so I decided
>> I would like to own at least a
>> small slice of this meteorite that I was reading
>> about while waiting at the hospital.
>>
>> Svend's large slice on EBay was a bit too large for
>> my budget (although it was and
>> still is worth every cent the winnning bidder paid
>> for it!) but I was lucky enough
>> to acquire a 7.9-gram slice from Anne Black (she
>> still has a 7.0-gram slice and two
>> really large ones if you would like to own a piece
>> of this beauty).
>>
>> Now, I think I really don't have to tell you why
>> this 7.9-gram part slice rightly is
>> my very special Christmas meteorite and will never
>> leave my meteorite collection as
>> long as I live!
>>
>> Thank you, Anne, and, to all listees and listoids:
>> thanks for being able to share with
>> all of you - near and far - Merry Christmas and a
>> very happy Holiday Season wherever
>> you are.
>>
>> Bernd
>>
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Received on Sat 16 Dec 2006 06:28:04 PM PST