[meteorite-list] "Hammers"

From: Dave Gheesling <dave_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 22:06:01 -0400
Message-ID: <BE28A029034E44AFBE1F508EFE51B68E_at_meteorroom>

Hi, All,
Hope the weekend is treating everyone well! Below are the link to and text
from Michael Blood's website, specifically relating to his HAMMERS pages.
On the heels of some, let's say, heated debate a few months back, I wanted
to pass this along and add, for whatever its worth, that this seems to be a
very fair description of the term that Michael coined in the meteorite
field. It's great to see this posted along with the sales pages themselves,
as all of these stories are a wonderful part of the world of meteorites.
Thanks, Michael!
All best,
Dave
www.fallingrocks.com

http://www.michaelbloodmeteorites.com/

DEFINITIONS:
1) "Hammer" - any individual which is part of a hammer fall in which one or
more of the
individuals struck an artifact, animal or human.
2)"Hammer Stone(s)" - the specific individual(s) that struck the artifact,
animal or human.
3) NOTE: Collectors obviously value a "Hammer Stone" more than other
individuals in a
hammer fall. However, in the case of many hammers, the specific "hammer
stone(s) is/are
not available.
Examples inlude, but are not limited to: Chiang-Khan in which many stones
"rained down"
on a fisherman'sboat. (one of only 2 hammers known to hit a boat). The
fisherman considered
the black rocks "evil" and threw them ALL into the river! Still, many of
us"hammer heads"
value having an individual or part of an individual from thatfall. Another
example is Barwell,
which included an individual that came through an apartment window, bounced
off the floor
and landed in a lady's tea cup! Of course the individual "hammer stone"
involved is not available
(I haven't even been able to trace whom was the specific lady), nor is the
small Mbale stone that
struck the boy known - but we do enjoy having representatives of these
falls. ON the other hand,
many hammers consist of a single stone, so, everyone that collects said
hammer falls has a piece
of THE hammer stone. Examples include but are in no way limited to Peekskill
and Claxton (two
of the more famous hammers ever).
I have always felt it was clear on these pages when specific hammer stones
were offered (see Park
Forest) and assumed that everyone realized that other stones offered, while
hammers, were not,
specific "hammer stones." The story of Chiang-Khan, Holbrook and many
others, I thought, made
that point quite clear.

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Some people may value only Hammers from which they can get or a piece of the
actual hammer stone(s). That is fine. Most of us hammer heads, however, will
collect
what is available from any hammer fall, though, of course, hammer stones,
themselves,
will be most valued.
Dave Gheesling
IMCA #5967
www.fallingrocks.com 

Received on Sat 23 May 2009 10:06:01 PM PDT