[meteorite-list] Who's still got their first meteorite?

From: Dave Freeman mjwy <dfreeman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 21:52:17 -0600
Message-ID: <45F4CE71.4030402_at_fascination.com>

Dear List;
I have my first meteorite yet, a CD that is 135 grams. I paid $1 a gram
at that time back in 1998.
Dave F.

Pat Brown wrote:

>Hi Ruben and the List,
>
>This is a great topic.
>
>I still have the first meteorite I purchased. It is a
>small Canyon Diablo.
>
>I also have the first meteorite that I found, a small
>Tungsten Mountain.
>
>There is also joy in giving away meteorites. This past
>Christmas, I gave a small Tungsten Mountain meteorite
>to each of my nephews and nieces. I printed an 8.5 x
>11 glossy of the in-situ photo and framed this with
>the meteorite in a gem jar velcroed to the front of
>the frame, on the back of the frame is a color
>printout of a USGS topo map with the location that the
>meteorite was found. Each of the kids really enjoyed
>them. One niece took hers to class and used it for
>show and tell. Kids need things that make science fun
>and meaning full.
>
>Pat
>--- Ruben Garcia <meteoritemall at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>>Hi all,
>>I'm sure I am atypical. For years I sold, traded,
>>lost, or gave away just about every meteorite I ever
>>found. It wasn't till about a year or two ago that I
>>actually started collecting them. Even now I only
>>hold
>>on to the very best of what I find. I really regret
>>selling some meteorites though, as some of my very
>>best finds are in other peoples collections.
>>
>>
>>Ruben Garcia
>>Phoenix, Arizona
>>http://www.mr-meteorite.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
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