[meteorite-list] Re: "Bessey Specks"

From: Stephen Smith <vickie-steve-smith_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Oct 18 00:53:17 2006
Message-ID: <4534EBA7.6000009_at_erols.com>

Hi List,
I remember when everyone used to tease Dean about his "Bessey Specks".
Now that's about all you see. How times have changed. Steve

E.P. Grondine wrote:

>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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>__________________________________________________
>Do You Yahoo!?
>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
>http://mail.yahoo.com
>______________________________________________
>Meteorite-list mailing list
>Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
>http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
>
>
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/attachments/20061017/4451b055/attachment.html
Received on Tue 17 Oct 2006 10:41:43 AM PDT