[meteorite-list] Question: Just How ...?

From: mark ford <markf_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:56:43 -0000
Message-ID: <6CE3EEEFE92F4B4085B0E086B2941B31391277_at_s-southern01.s-southern.com>

HA! Next time the missus moans about the cost/g of my rocks I shall use the 'Staple analogy' good one!!

:)

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Rob McCafferty
Sent: 16 March 2007 09:39
To: Robert Woolard; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Question: Just How ...?

How did I find out you could buy meteorites?

This is somewhat strange.

Where I work, I asked for some photocopying to be done
and they were charging 10p (20c) for a staple. I
worked out, that the cost per staple was over
?500/gram and I wanted to know if there was anything
more expensive than our staples.

Within a month I had bought 25mg bit of Dhofar 1084
from Siegfried Harberer and that's that.


--- Robert Woolard <meteoritefinder at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hello List,
>
> There was a lot of interest and positive comments
> on
> the thread concerning whether or not members still
> had
> their first meteorite. I'd like to ask a related
> question that I think might be interesting.
>
> The question is: How did you "find out" that it
> was
> possible to actually BUY a meteorite!?
>
> I will list the most likely ways that come to my
> mind (doubtless there will be others) in no
> particular
> order:
>
> 1.Magazine AD (such as Astronomy or Sky & Telescope)
>
> 2.Magazine ARTICLE about collecting meteorites
>
> 3.Catalog offering meteorites for sale
>
> 4.Internet browsing and accidentally came across
>
> 5.TV program, featuring Haag, Farmer, etc.
>
> 6.Friend was a collector and got you hooked, too
>
> 7.You are a mineral collector, led to meteorites
>
> 9.You are a fossil collector, led to meteorites
>
> 10.Auction listed meteorites up for bid
>
> 11.Other
>
> OK, that's about all the ways I can think of right
> off hand. I hope that the question is of interest.
>
> And by the way, MY answer would be "#5" above, as
> I
> saw a VERY young Robert Haag on the David Letterman
> show WAY back in 1986. I was thrilled to see that
> here
> was a guy who was actually making it possible for me
> to buy my very own meteorite! I called directory
> assistance the very next day, got Robert's telephone
> number, called him, ordered 10 specimens,.... and
> what
> a ride it has been since!!
>
> Best wishes,
> Robert Woolard
>
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