[meteorite-list] Wanted : Micros of the following meteorites

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:16:00 -0500
Message-ID: <e51421550904141516u342e1825h8f8b56af7a9effe9_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Sterling!

I stand corrected. LOL

It's such an obscure fall that I am surprised anyone noticed. :)

BTW, where do you get your collection info? (just curious)

    Your chances of finding a micro of Benld are close
> to zero, I'm afraid. 88 grams at Tempe; 4 grams at the
> National Museum; 18.6 grams in the Dupont collection;
> and 200 milligrams in the Gifhorn. Main mass at the Field.

Best regards,

MikeG




On 4/14/09, Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Hi, Mike, List,
>
> You have the name of one of your "wanted"
> September 29th meteorites wrong. You list
> "BENID," and the actual name is BENLD. I wanted
> to be sure there was no real BENID meteorite,
> a desert location maybe. Googling revealed a lot
> of hits on the spelling BENID in surprising places!
> (You know who you are.)
>
> There is NO Benid meteorite. The name of that
> little Illinois town where it dropped through the
> garage roof and perforated an old Ford from roof
> to seat to floor pan, on September 29, 1938 at
> 9:00 am, is BENLD.
>
> Rightly you might say, "What the heck is a
> Ben L D?" Well, the town started as a roaring
> coal mine camp and tent city, grew to foundries
> and shacks, then speakeasies, mobsters and
> wh***s, and is now a quiet little Midwestern
> picture postcard that looks like nobody there
> ever was so rambunctious as to even cuss there.
>
> What is a Ben L D? The town is named (modestly)
> after the mine owner that started it -- Ben L. Dorsey,
> so -- BENLD. He had another mine and another town
> already named "Dorsey," so he used the other end of
> his name for this one.
>
> If you got the name wrong, don't feel bad. The
> number of respected and venerated sources of data
> that make the same mistake is quite large. Some of
> the publications of the Field Museum, who holds
> the entire stone, get it wrong!
>
> Your chances of finding a micro of Benld are close
> to zero, I'm afraid. 88 grams at Tempe; 4 grams at the
> National Museum; 18.6 grams in the Dupont collection;
> and 200 milligrams in the Gifhorn. Main mass at the Field.
>
>
> Sterling K. Webb
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 3:21 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Wanted : Micros of the following meteorites
>
>
>> Hi List,
>>
>> I am looking for meteorites that fell on November 12 or were found on
>> November 12. (my birthday)
>>
>> I am also looking for meteorites that fell or were found on September
>> 29 - my wife's birthday.
>>
>> A search of the Met Bulletin shows the following candidates :
>>
>> November 12 :
>>
>> Dhofar 961
>> Dhofar 733
>> Verkhne Tschirskaia
>> Trenzano
>> Kamsagar
>> Kirbyville
>> Isthilart
>>
>> September 29 :
>>
>> Benid
>> Naoki
>>
>> I realize some of these are rare historicals, lunars, or other types
>> that may carry a steep price tag. So I am looking for micros in the
>> $20 price range, give or take a few bucks.
>>
>> I am also open to trades - I currently have 80 localities in
>> collection, plus trinitite, impactites, tektites, semi-precious
>> stones, and minerals.
>>
>> Contact me offlist at - mike at galactic-stone.com
>>
>> Thanks for looking and clear skies!
>>
>> MikeG
>>
>> --
>> .........................................................
>> Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA)
>> Member of the Meteoritical Society.
>> Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network.
>> Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and
>> http://www.glassthrower.com
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Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA)
Member of the Meteoritical Society.
Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network.
Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and http://www.glassthrower.com
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