[meteorite-list] Hammer Definitions

From: Bob Loeffler <bobl_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:35:29 -0600
Message-ID: <20090315183526.E0CC610561_at_mailwash5.pair.com>

Hi Michael,

> I have 10 or 11 DIFFERENT Park Forest hammer stone specimens
> - Several houses, a Plymouth, a tow truck, a fire station,
> a baseball Field, a fence, etc.

Is a baseball field a human artifact? The bases on the field are, so are
the bleachers, chalk lines on the field, etc, but is the grass and dirt? If
the grass and dirt are, then so are all of the house lawns across the world
since humans planted or landscaped them. I'm not trying to start an
argument, but just want to get this loophole closed/clarified for all of the
hammer collectors out there. Most of the trees in Phoenix were planted by
humans over the last couple hundred years, so if a meteorite hits a tree in
Phoenix, would that be considered a hammer stone? I mention Phoenix because
that is where I am from and I know that most of the trees are not indigenous
to the area (besides the palo verdes, cottonwoods, some of the palms, etc).
And yes, many of the palms, palo verdes, etc were also planted/transplanted
to their current locations by people, so...

Thanks for any clarification to this question.

Bob


-----Original Message-----
From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Michael
Blood
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 3:19 PM
To: Jeff Grossman; Meteorite List
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Hammer Definitions

Jeff,
        This has been established in the nomenclature over the
Last few years as follows:

1) A "hammer" is a specimen which was part of a fall in which
one or more stones or irons struck an artifact, animal or human

2) A "hammer stone" is one of the actual specimens of the
Fall that, itself, struck said artifact, animal or human.

3) Many specimens are collected as a hammer because they
Were part of the fall but did not (or it is not know if they),
Themselves strike the artifact/animal or human.

4) Many Hammer falls had only one stone out of many strike
Something, but the other stones were all part of that one
Meteoroid prior to break up, yes?

5) Of course, a hammer stone, itself is more valuable to a hammer
Collector than merely one of the specimens of the fall (I have
10 or 11 DIFFERENT Park Forest hammer stone specimens -
Several houses, a Plymouth, a tow truck, a fire station, a baseball
Field, a fence, etc.

6) I have little interest in collecting Homestead as a hammer, except
Spcimens cut from the one stone that broke the horse corral fence.

        Pretty much, in other words, if you are a hammer enthusiast,
Ya takes what cha can git.
        Best wishes, Michael
Received on Sun 15 Mar 2009 02:35:29 PM PDT