[meteorite-list] Sober thought

From: cdtucson at cox.net <cdtucson_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 18:38:41 -0700
Message-ID: <20090309213841.U0CI1.54161.imail_at_fed1rmwml28>

List,
Carancas is a hammer that any piece you get you can be assured was an actual hammer stone. If you consider that the spring that it hit where it excavated the crater was in part man made and maintained to water livestock.
Carl Esparza
IMCA 5829
Meteoritemax
.
---- mail at mhmeteorites.com wrote:
> Documentation is of the utmost importance. For example, I have photos of the owner of Worden holding the piece, a pic of the garage roof and the car that was smashed. I think I still have the cancelled check!
>
> A signed affidavit is always nice. I know Darryl Pitt provided that with every chunk of Valera he sold.
>
> Matt
> ------Original Message------
> From: Impactika at aol.com
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> To: darryl at dof3.com
> To: rob at nakhladogmeteorites.com
> Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Sober thought
> Sent: Mar 9, 2009 7:19 PM
>
> Hello,
>
> (I really meant to stay out of that discussion, but.............)
>
> Yes, there were two Valera stones, one hammered a cow, the other one simply
> impacted the ground.
> Now, when you buy a piece of Valera, how do you know that you are getting a
> piece of the cow-killer? No blood on it, I believe.
>
> And the question applies to most of the other "hammers" on the market. The
> only probable exceptions being pieces with a bit of paint, red for Peekskill or
> Worden, yellow for one of the Park Forest. The rest.....???????????
>
> I just sold a very nice slice of Valera, I most certainly did not present it
> as a hammer.
>
> Just my opnion.
>
> Anne M. Black
> _http://www.impactika.com/_ (http://www.impactika.com/)
> _IMPACTIKA at aol.com_ (mailto:IMPACTIKA at aol.com)
> Vice-President, I.M.C.A. Inc.
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> ========================
>
> In a message dated 3/9/2009 7:02:34 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
> darryl at dof3.com writes:
> As it regards Venezuela's extraterrestrial hammering.....Valera is a
> two stone fall.
>
> =======
>
> On Mar 9, 2009, at 8:52 PM, Rob Wesel wrote:
>
> > Agreed, Valera is way under priced and underappreciated for a single
> > stone fall...let alone a cow killer that is often sold with copies
> > of the affidavit.
> >
> > Peekskill, Claxton, Sylacauga, maybe it's a U.S. thing, Valera
> > should be in the mix.
> >
> > Rob Wesel
> > http://www.nakhladogmeteorites.com
> > ------------------
> > We are the music makers...
> > and we are the dreamers of the dreams.
> > Willy Wonka, 1971
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darryl Pitt" <darryl at dof3.com>
> > To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> > Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 5:47 PM
> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Sober thought
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Make that on the rocks....
> >>
> >> As long as the only meteorite that has been extensively documented
> >> to have killed an animal sells for just $10/g (Valera)---any notion
> >> of a value-added for a hammering rests with the truly hammered....
> >>
>
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