[meteorite-list] A welcome to meteorite collecting tutorial

From: lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu <lebofsky_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 02:05:48 -0700 (MST)
Message-ID: <1577.71.226.60.25.1204707948.squirrel_at_timber.lpl.arizona.edu>

Hi Pete:

As at least one other person has said, please be careful with the
definition of bolide. The IAU does not recognize the term (they do not
recognize terrestrial or gas giant or Jovian for planets either, but that
is a part of another story). However, if you look at the Wikipedia
definition, impact geologists use it for big things hitting the Earth
since there is no way to know what did the hitting (comet or asteroid).

Larry

On Tue, March 4, 2008 9:39 pm, Pete Shugar wrote:
> I amr putting together an email that will introduce two of my Junior
> High
> students to the wonderful and bizzare world of the -TA TAH- meteorite
> collectior. Please read and feel free to offer any sugestions. Please let
> me know if I've left out any important info or need to include something.
> Any or all of this can be freely used in any way deemed useful by others.
>
>
>
>
> Some terms to learn.
>
>
> A meteoriod is the object in space. It can also be an asteroid, or even a
> comet. The streak of light as it enters earth's atmosphere is called a
> meteor. The ball of light and smoke as the meteor explodes into many
> fragments is called a bolide. What actually hits the ground is a meteorite.
>
>
> The collectors refer to themselves as meteoricists.
>
>
> The following link will set you up to receive Meteorite list emails. I
> urge you to join this as there is much to be gained and learned from the
> many experts as well as the newbies. Questions are answered (sometimes more
> answers than you need at the time). Like any group, there are squables, but
> even in the midst of these, there are things to be learned.
>
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
>
>
> If you go to Ebay to buy, look for the Logo of the IMCA. Attached is a
> picture of the logo. You can ask the seller if he is a member. If they are
> not a member, do not buy from them until you gain experience and know just
> what to look for so you don't get taken. Should you ever desire to join
> this prestigeous group, I would
> consider it a great honor to support your nomination to the group. (I will
> have joined within the month--this will apply by then.) (Logo will be
> attached when I send to the students.)
>
> Just what you decide to collect will depend on what your tastes and
> desires are. There are those that collect hammers (a meteorite that has
> impacted (usually) a man
> made object, sush as a house, car, mail box, basketball court, fence
> corral, and a whole lotta stuff that I can't remember right now. Some
> collect spheres made from a meteorite, others collect the coins such as I
> showed you. There are famous falls (a fall is a witnessed fall of the
> meteorite) Weston, Cali. Carancas, Sikhote Alin, Allende and others. You
> can collect by State
> or by country.
>
> Then there are the Lunars (the Moon) and Martians (Mars) and the
> asteroids (4 Vesta). The science is still out, but there may be Mercurian
> meteorites in the near future.
>
> There is a bewildering array of classifications to choose from. You can
> collect micros (very small-up to about 1/2 gram size), slices, complete
> individuals, thin sections--- some you can see thru). There are NWA's
> (Northwest Africa) NEA's Northeast Africa
> There are the meteorites and then the meteorite related--Bediasites,
> impact shatter cones, mesosiderites and Tektites.
>
> Thanks in advance for any and all help with this.
> Pete
>
>
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Received on Wed 05 Mar 2008 04:05:48 AM PST