[meteorite-list] Northbranch H5

From: MeteorHntr at aol.com <MeteorHntr_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 17:48:48 EST
Message-ID: <cc6.83a294f.32dc0d50_at_aol.com>

In a message dated 1/14/2007 4:29:43 P.M. Central Standard Time,
bernd.pauli at paulinet.de writes:

I've just received an excellent small part slice of Northbranch from the
Hupe' Collection. It displays some unbelievable veins of FeNi, one of which
 
crosses the whole specimen. I'm proud to have added this fine Northbranch
to my collection.
Gary,

I first heard of the Northbranch from the farmer who found it, and who swore
it was a fresh fall, because it was up at the surface of his field one year
and it had not been there the year before. He said a magnet stuck to it, so
I dropped everything and drove up to look at it.

When I got there, it was so weathered and ugly that I really did not think
it was a meteorite. It was not until I returned home with a fragment that I
put on the grinding wheel before I saw some metal flake and realized that it
was indeed a meteorite.

I went back up the next day and bought it, then promptly moved it on to
Blaine.

I think there used to be a photo in a "Meteorite Kids" section on one of the
sites with my daughter Lauren with the Northbranch in the front yard. I am
not sure the photo is even online any more.

Anyway, it is nice to hear someone say "excellent," "unbelievable," "proud"
and "fine" all in the same description with Northbranch. I would have to say
that is a first!

As I have said before "Are there any *ugly* meteorites? Does anyone have an
ugly grand child? Well, some are just more beautiful than others."

Enjoy the specimen Gary,

Ex Astra,
Steve Arnold 001
Received on Sun 14 Jan 2007 05:48:48 PM PST