[meteorite-list] What makes a hammer a hammer?

From: MeteorHntr at aol.com <MeteorHntr_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 21:03:58 EST
Message-ID: <c14.547bfae1.3691730e_at_aol.com>

In a message dated 1/3/2009 7:56:11 P.M. Central Standard Time,
dave at fallingrocks.com writes:
Sylacauga is a wonderful story,
but the material available to collectors didn't hit Mrs. Hodges on the hip.

Dave,

In 1999 I brokered a couple of pieces of Sylacaga from the King Collection
that did indeed come from the stone that hit Mrs. Hodges. It came from a core
sample taken from that very stone. Somehow Dr. King talked them (the local
library or museum) into taking a small core sample from it, maybe he traded
them some Allende for it.

I think most of what is on the market of Sylacaga came from the King piece,
but check the provenance. If the slices are round, or partially round on one
 edge, it is probably from that core piece.

Steve Arnold #1

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Received on Sat 03 Jan 2009 09:03:58 PM PST