[meteorite-list] WANTED - Holbrook from AMNH

From: Dark Matter <freequarks_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:25:33 -0700
Message-ID: <822da19a0811110825l158316adx2a6cb57b78b5ac1d_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi All,

I think its not only amazing that the AMNH took the time to hand-label
approximately 2000 small individuals from the same fall, but each each
numbered Holbrook was weighed and formally entered into the 1935 AMNH
Meteorite Collection Catalogue (from where my ballpark figure of 2000
numbered individuals came from). And all this is beyond the fact that
Holbrook will forever hold a firm place in American meteorite history,
as well as meteorite shower science.

Further, since the numbered Holbrooks were collected immediately after
the fall, an AMNH numbered specimen guarantees that the individual is
"fresh" and as found shortly after the 1912 fall.

Here is a link to a pic of some of the numbered Holbrook individuals
in my collection resting on a copy of the 1935 AMNH meteorite
collection catalogue:

http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2002/November/3holbrook_amnh_numbers.jpg


And here is link to my Accretion Desk article about the The Arthur
Ross Hall of Meteorites in the American Museum of Natural History in
New York City:

http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2006/October/Accretion_Desk.htm


Just an FYI: I did see a few AMNH numbered Holbrooks offered by Bob
Summerfield at his Astronomy to Go when he displayed his wears at a
exhibitor booth at a science conference in Boston earlier this year. I
cannot remember if I bought them all but it's worth a shot asking.

Cheers,

Martin




On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Pat Brown <radio_ranch at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Arnaud and fellow listoids,
>
> Why have these small Holbrooks with AMNH labels become so popular? I have 2 (which are not for sale) that I bought from ET about 15 years ago for very little. There was one in Michael Blood's auction in Tucson this year that brought good money, was weighed to the nearest milligram and placed in a membrane box.
>
> Pat Brown
> Scientific Lifestyle Meteorites
> Engineer by vocation, meteorite hunter when on vacation
>
>
> --- On Mon, 11/10/08, Arnaud Mignan <arnaudmignan at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Arnaud Mignan <arnaudmignan at hotmail.com>
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] WANTED - Holbrook from AMNH
>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Date: Monday, November 10, 2008, 12:22 PM
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm looking for some small Holbrooks from AMNH - Please
>> contact me off-list if you have some for sale or trade
>> For trade, I have for example:
>> Viedma full slice of 132g (there must be less than 10 full
>> slices existing)
>> Juancheng individual of 93g (with secondary FC)
>> Lost City part slice with FC of 0.42g (Schwade/Smithsonian)
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Arnaud
>>
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