AW: [meteorite-list] Re: "Bessey Specks"

From: Martin Altmann <altmann_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Oct 17 15:24:14 2006
Message-ID: <003c01c6f221$d1f5d770$4f41fea9_at_name86d88d87e2>

Hmm, but Bessey specks are smaller than an usual micromount.
If we don't want to call it "nanomount" or more colloquial "Bessey Booger",
we could live with the original term now in use.
My linguistic prognosis is, that within 30 years the second component, "the
speck" will have been disappeared
and that we then will say only: "A Bessey".

-----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
Von: meteorite-list-bounces_at_meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces_at_meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von Adam
Hupe
Gesendet: Dienstag, 17. Oktober 2006 20:53
An: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Re: "Bessey Specks"

The term micromount has been used for decades to describe this type of
specimen.

Micromount:

Micromount is term used by mineral collectors and rockhounds to describe
mineral specimens that are best appreciated using a binocular microscope.
Micromount specimen collecting has a number of advantages, specimens take up

less space, rare minerals can be obtained for less and smaller crystals are
more perfectly developed.


All the best,

Adam




----- Original Message -----
From: "E.P. Grondine" <epgrondine_at_yahoo.com>
To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 7:07 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Re: "Bessey Specks"


> Hi Michael, list -
>
> I see you list your Bessey Specks as "frags".
>
> (Your price of $25 seems very fair for Nakla specks,
> but I already picked up Mars Bessey Specks for
> childrens' gifts at Christmas from Hupe.)
>
> Clearly, there is a need for a more elegant term than
> "Bessey Specks" for these. Does anybody have any
> proposals? If not, is Dean(?-stroke damage) Bessey
> going to be immortalized by having these formally
> named after him?
>
> Hupe also sent the Bessey specks in small tubes
> suitable for young hands, along with 1 nice pair of
> cards (BTW I need a second pair of cards for the
> second set of tubes, Greg), instead of gelatin
> capsules.
>
> Perhaps microscope slides would be more suitable for
> adult use, but as I don't remember any discussion of
> these on the list, I'm bringing it up now.
>
> good hunting -
> Ed
>
> --- Michael L Blood <mlblood_at_cox.net> wrote:
>
>> Greetings fellow space treasure lovers,
>> This post includes a fabulous, large iron
>> and an entire new
>> page of historic calls.
>>
>> FIRST:
>> A beautiful 6.5 Kg / 14.3 Lb S-A Shrapnel piece that
>> appears for all
>> the world to be an oriented shield on one side and a
>> flat, oriented
>> specimen heading to the left in a downward angle on
>> the other side.
>> This piece includes an custom build display
>> stand to facilitate
>> a very impressive display of its virtues.
>> If no one snaps this up on sale it will go
>> into my catalog
>> at $3,250- but the first to contact me will take it
>> in this sale for 2,750-
>> (price includes shipping and insurance inside the
>> US)
>> This spectacular piece can be seen at:
>>
>> http://community.webshots.com/album/554884324rEfSPa
>>
>> SECOND:
>> I have set up an entire page dedicated to hammers ?
>> meteorites that have
>> struck man made objects, animals or humans. This is
>> a collection of the
>> most impressive of all the recorded meteorite falls
>> in history. I have 35
>> different recorded falls (including Bessey Specks of
>> Sylacauga, Yurtuk and
>> Burnwell). About half of the falls can also be found
>> elsewhere with diligent
>> searching ? and you will find my prices are as low
>> as anyone's. The others
>> cannot be had anywhere else. They are priced
>> according to cost. This page
>> is
>> worth checking out even if you don't want to buy
>> anything ? it was 5 years
>> in the making and includes historical photos, links,
>> etc. See at the URL
>> below:
>>
>> http://www.michaelbloodmeteorites.com/Hammers.html
>>
>> Pieces on the Hammer page will be marked "SOLD" as
>> orders come in ?
>> so, if it is still listed when you email me, it is
>> available.
>>
>> PayPal preferred (sent to this email
>> address) Visa/Mastercard
>> and personal checks gladly accepted.
>> Happy Hunting! Michael
>>
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