[meteorite-list] Exciting New meteorite material....Mokoia, Wairarapa and Alta Ameem

From: Bob WALKER <qwalkra1_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:05:25 +1000
Message-ID: <0b2701c73dd2$2d3764e0$6a01a8c0_at_personalz240hy>

Graham

Rightyho

IMCA metstruck page is at http://imca.repetti.net/metinfo/metstruck.html

from that page

Here is a listing of meteorites that have hit
Humans, animals and/or man-made objects (HAMs)!
If you know of any documented hits not listed
here or if you know of any errors in this list,
please email the....

We should have a competition amongst the listoids to see who can name the
most that are missing from the metstruck list - are you out there Ken N ?

At this stage I suspect that both I and the great white hammer god will deem
this to be an observed fall and methinx also a nearly nailed but NOT a
hammer

I do not wish to take away from your excitement as to trading for such an
interesting and significant specimen and I thank you for bringing an
interesting story to the list

Any NZ falls/finds are damn near impossible to acquire - listoids will
remeber Dean B posting re this and his tribe of street urchins searching for
the fabled Ellerslie

Cheers

----- Original Message -----
From: "ensoramanda" <ensoramanda at ntlworld.com>
To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 12:46 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Exciting New meteorite material....Mokoia,
Wairarapa and Alta Ameem


> Hi Bob,
>
> Sorry, I apologise if I am misleading...I am obviously misunderstanding
> what a 'hammer' is then....does it have to have hit a man-made object to
> be called that?...I just assumed from following all the list discussions
> that if it was observed to hit an object and damage it in some way it
> was termed a Hammer.
>
> I have made it as clear as possible that it hit part of a tree, which
> was collected and photographed and did not want to mislead.
> Just though it made the fall that much more interesting. Perhaps I will
> just describe it as 'hit a tree' and keep thing simple.
>
> I am not trying to increase 'value' as I am not a dealer and only an
> enthusiast.
>
> Thanks for pointing this out and allowing me to make things clearer.
>
> All the best
>
> Graham Ensor
>
> Bob WALKER wrote:
>
>> Graham
>>
>> I have no wish to snipe at your good fortune with these trades -
>> however - I would really like to know how u consider Mokoia to be a
>> hammer - hitting a tree does not make it a hammer be...
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "ensoramanda"
>> <ensoramanda at ntlworld.com>
>> To: "Mike Bandli" <fuzzfoot at comcast.net>;
>> <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 12:12 PM
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Exciting New meteorite
>> material....Mokoia, Wairarapa and Alta Ameem
>>
>>
>>> Hi Mike,
>>>
>>> Yes Alta'ameem does seem a little fragile...my piece has one corner
>>> about to drop away, not as fragile as the Mokoia though!
>>>
>>> I had thought I might try and trade or auction some small pieces from
>>> them to improve my collection, but I have no idea of the value. I
>>> suppose it depends if a collector is after unusual falls or New Zealand
>>> pieces or hammers. Mokoia must be rarer than Moss and that seems to
>>> have caught peoples imagination. Wairarapa is quite historic being the
>>> first found in New Zealand. I have never seen Mokoia or Wairarapa
>>> available before.
>>>
>>> Thanks for the advice...will you be at the show?
>>>
>>> All the best
>>>
>>> Graham Ensor
>>>
>>> Mike Bandli wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello Graham,
>>>>
>>>> Great acquisitions! Will you be trading/selling any of this material in
>>>> Tucson? I recently acquired some Alta'ameem (two small fragments)
>>>> and it
>>>> seems to be very porous and brittle. You shouldn't have any problems
>>>> transporting them as long as they are with you checked baggage. I
>>>> wouldn't
>>>> take them on carry on though.
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>
>>>> Mike Bandli
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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