[meteorite-list] Tomorrow in History + AMNH NYC/meteorite excursions

From: ensoramanda <ensoramanda_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:03:24 +0100
Message-ID: <48823A7C.6070200_at_ntlworld.com>

Hi Geoff,

Greetings from a cool summer in the UK. Lots of heavy rain showers at
the moment...great for preserving my collection!!!

Missed out on my planned Holbrook visit when I came to the Tucson show
as it was blowing a blizzard up there when I arrived...perhaps next
time. Also didnt get down to see the meteorites in NY last time we went
to my nephew at MIT ...they're all on my list. Sounds like a great display.

Did however get to see the displays at both the Adelaide and Perth
museums in Oz at Christmas...awsome irons...and got to the Henbury
craters and near to lots of other famous falls down under...found a good
memorial to the Cranboune meteorites south of Melbourne too...a good
article here.

http://www.casey.vic.gov.au/meteorite/article.asp?Item=3059

 ....we had quite an expedition.

Just arrived back from a couple of weeks in Morocco on holiday...now
that was hot! Erfoud, Rassini and Merzouga were scorching, and many
sandstorms...but had a great time. Lots of people trying to sell
meteorwrongs...basically any rock that stuck to a magnet. I think many
were genuinely convinced they had meteorites and were quite interested
to compare them with the genuine article when I showed them some pieces.

Didnt manage to meet any of the folks who emailed me with advice and
details from the list though...just mistimed everything....but did see
some interesting material though...word soon got around and people
turned up with pieces... a couple of great oriented achondrites that
looked like eucrites to me, both over 1kg! Some nice Bassikounou and
Taza sculpted pieces, other achondrites that looked like Howardites and
Diogenites with a few carbonaceous pieces too. No real bargains though
as far as I could make out...but then I'm not a dealer and not the best
at bartering! That illusive rare lunar didnt jump out of the desert at
me either! Unless the strange piece I picked up does turn out to be
special...but I doubt it.

If anyone wants to see any shots of some of these let me know...and I
will send them or post them somewhere if there is a lot of interest.

Anyway...another meteorite related excursion ticked off the list...quite
an experience visiting the country where a vast majority of the finds
have come from.

Anyone else out there been on any interesting meteorite excursions recently?

Best regards,

Graham Ensor, UK

Notkin wrote:

> Dear Listees:
>
> Greetings comrades from Tucson. It's been a pretty mild summer so far
> by our standards. I think 106F is the record to date : ) That's
> nothing for Tucson.
>
> I happened to be looking at one of those "Today in History" things
> this evening and found it interesting to note that tomorrow, July 19,
> is both the 96th anniversary of the great Holbrook fall (1912) and
> also the day that Apollo 11, carrying the mighty Eagle module went
> into lunar orbit -- that was 1969 for you youngsters who weren't
> glued to their TV sets back then. Of course, I was just wee lad
> myself at the time : )
>
> So many List members have hunted at Holbrook -- I can think of at
> least twenty without even trying -- that it's a happy anniversary to
> mark. I often remember how our much-missed colleague the late, great
> Jim Kriegh would go up there on his own for a few days and come back
> with more pieces from one visit than I found in five trips. Kinda sad
> to think that Jim's house, just up the road from me, is now occupied
> by a non-meteorite hunter.
>
> I was in NYC recently -- my first visit in over four years -- and
> took some time to visit the AMNH and check out the "new" meteorite
> exhibit. For the most part it is really spectacular. I can imagine
> one of the designers saying: "You know that show 'Star Trek: Next
> Generation'? Well, we should make the display look like the bridge
> from that ship." The hall is very dark, with big ole' 31-ton
> Ahnighito sitting there in the middle on a raised circular stage,
> with one stellar iron after another arranged around it. On view is a
> truly gorgeous Glorieta Mountain siderite, covered in thumbprints and
> caramel patina, which I know will make a few GM hunters (myself
> included) almost insanely jealous : ) There is a cool diorama of
> Canyon Diablo, and all kinds of amazing, assorted goodies in vertical
> cases on the walls. I found the glass cases a little small and
> crowded, but the meteorites are so fabulous, who really cares?
>
> Many of you will, no doubt, have seen the "new" hall, which is, I
> suppose, already a few years old, but even after many years living in
> NYC it was a first for me. A fine afternoon spent there, and also
> visiting my favorite Allosaurus in the dinosaur halls. Highly
> recommended to anyone passing through the Big, Bad Apple.
>
> Enjoy your weekend, and kind regards to all from The Baked Apple.
>
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Geoff N.
>
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