[meteorite-list] Nogata Meteorite

From: Bill <glixard_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 21:13:17 -0800
Message-ID: <0B7C8DDA750.00000BE1glixard_at_inbox.com>

Michael,

I wonder what the monks would or have said about it? Why doesn't someone ask them? I bet they would be happy to share their views. I doubt they revere a rock. What could it represent to a Buddhist?

Bill



> -----Original Message-----
> From: mlblood at cox.net
> Sent: Sun, 07 Jan 2007 18:00:10 -0800
> To: peterscherff at rcn.com, meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Nogata Meteorite
>
> Hi Peter,
> The only image I have seen of it was in a video about meteorites.
> For those in the peanut gallery, it is the stone that fell May 19,
> 861ad.
> in Nogata, Japan, crashing through the roof of a monastery of Buddhist
> monks. It is the oldest documented hammer I know of. I believe not one
> single mg has ever been made available to any one or any institution. It
> is highly revered by the monks, supposedly because it is considered to
> have fallen from heaven. (Such reported beliefs are often
> ethnocentrically
> biased and/or involve misinterpretations in translation - so, who can
> say
> how/what the monks REALLY think of it) - in any event, it is highly
> regarded and absolutely none of the material has ever been available).
> In the video, a monk brought out the box in which it is kept and
> the video was quite clear, as the interviewer and the monk were outside
> in the courtyard. It was larger than a golf ball but smaller than a
> baseball.
> If you do discover a still photo of it, I would much appreciate
> if
> you let me know of it, as I am working on a book about hammers. Right
> now all I have depictions of are mostly the 40 or 45 I have for sale. As
> rare as some of them are, I would say Nogata takes the cake, as it is
> TOTALLY unavailable.
> Good luck, Michael
>
> on 1/7/07 5:10 PM, peterscherff at rcn.com at peterscherff at rcn.com wrote:
>
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>> Hi,
>>
>> I hope someone can help me. I am looking for a photo of the Nogata
>> Meteorite that I can use in a powerpoint presentation.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Peter Scherff
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