[meteorite-list] I Thought this was Funny

From: Greg Hupe <gmhupe_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:19:17 -0400
Message-ID: <2FDA74AFA5C54D72808AD68ECDBC5A54_at_Gregor>

Hi Gary,

Now I remember one of the stones you inquired about. Here is part of the
description from our old eBay description of El Hammami:

"El Hammami, Very fresh H5/6 - from Mauritania, Africa, that fell August
10, 1997. This specimen came from the freshest example of this witnessed
fall I have seen in years. The nomads who found the stones broke most of
them looking for treasure inside not realizing they were holding the actual
treasure. Some others were broken into smaller pieces for easier
transport."


I remember one of my very earliest trips to the Sahara to purchase
meteorites from nomads. We were presented with a large ~7kg broken El
Hammami stone where the crust looked "weird". Turns out the fusion crust was
discolored by camel sweat and the orange dust of the sands from many
kilometers to transport this stone to the 'market' in Morocco! I probably
have some archived photos that I will share if I am able to find them
easily, still have unpacked boxes from moving two years ago (which are still
unpacked from moving to Florida five years ago!)

Best regards,
Greg

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Fujihara" <fujmon at mac.com>
To: "MeteorList" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 4:51 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] I Thought this was Funny


> Humor notwithstanding, wasn't there a fall where pieces of, or a complete
> stone was ingested by villagers? Can't seem to recall which fall it was
> ...
>
> gary
>
> On Aug 20, 2009, at 10:15 AM, Greg Hupe wrote:
>
>> Hi Greg S.,
>>
>> Since I am on a 'low carb' diet, I will have to skip desert! :-/
>>
>> Actually not on a particular diet, thought it sounded comical. However,
>> a shocked Mars Bar sounds good! Maybe even with an extra topping of a
>> few CAI sprinkles!! :-)
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Greg H.
>>
>> ====================
>> Greg Hupe
>> The Hupe Collection
>> NaturesVault (eBay)
>> gmhupe at htn.net
>> www.LunarRock.com
>> IMCA 3163
>> ====================
>> Click here for my current eBay auctions:
>> http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Stanley"
>> <stanleygregr at hotmail.com
>> >
>> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 4:03 PM
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] I Thought this was Funny
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm going to have an achondrite for my afternoon snack today. And then
>>> a carbonaceous chondrite for desert tonight. Mmmm... tasty.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.nasa.gov/centers/jpl/education/ediblerocks.html
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