[meteorite-list] Richard Norton wiki

From: Ruben Garcia <meteoritemall_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 17:56:30 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <690827.51707.qm_at_web32503.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

HI ALL,

I've said it before and I'll say it again. I think we need a "Meteorite Hall of Fame" where we can post pictures and stories about those (Nininger, Kriegh, Norton, etc...)?? that have?come, conquered, and continue to inspire.? Inductees?might also include heavy weights like Haag, and others.....


?Ruben Garcia
Phoenix, Arizona
My Website: http://www.Mr-Meteorite.Net
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----- Original Message ----
From: Greg Catterton <star_wars_collector at yahoo.com>
To: meteoritemike at gmail.com; Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:49:32 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Richard Norton wiki


I have a wiki account and would be willing to do it if nobody else has the time. I also agree that he deserves an entry.

Greg C.

--- On Wed, 5/27/09, Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Richard Norton
> To: MeteorHntr at aol.com
> Cc: bernd.pauli at paulinet.de, Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 8:46 PM
> Hi List,
>
> Just a thought here, in honor of Mr. Norton -
>
> I just noticed that Mr. Norton does not have a wikipedia
> entry, nor
> does his book Rocks from Space.? I think this is a
> major oversight -
> Mr. Norton's contributions surely merit a complete entry in
> Wikipedia.
>? Is there someone here on the list who is fluent with the
> workings of
> Wikipedia?? Perhaps someone could take it upon
> themselves to post an
> entry.
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
>
>
>
> On 5/27/09, MeteorHntr at aol.com
> <MeteorHntr at aol.com>
> wrote:
> > Bernd and all,
> >
> > I just sold a little piece of Murchison today on?
> Ebay.? Just another day
> > in the life of a meteorite dealer.?
> However,? this very rock (like many of
> > the other meteorites we have) is often mentioned
> as? being 4.56 Billion
> > years
> > old.
> >
> > One human life might make it 100? years.?
> Richard's didn't make it nearly
> > that far.
> >
> > Thus Murchison is? over 45,600,000 human life
> spans old.
> >
> > That is about the same ratio as? there are number
> of seconds in one year;
> > 31,536,000:1
> >
> > Days like? today remind us that we are all only
> "temporary curators" of the
> > meteorites we? briefly possess.
> >
> > Even the oldest of our great collecting
> institutions? have barely held
> > their collections for more than two centuries.?
> Thus, even? our so called
> > "permanent collections" have only held these treasures
> for? 1/22,800,000 of
> > their
> > existence.
> >
> > Life is just a flicker in comparison.
> >
> > Richard was a great example to all of us that we have
> an obligation to
> > make our impact on our world while we each have a
> chance.? And his early
> > passing is a reminder to the rest of us that we need
> to take time
> > occasionally
> > to stop and appreciate each other's contributions
> along the way.
> >
> > Richard himself was an example of both those things we
> are reminded? of.
> > Brend brought up for us today of what Richard wrote in
> a METEORITE? article
> > in 2001:
> >
> > NORTON O.R. (2001) Centerpiece: Kapoeta - A?
> Howardite
> > Extraordinaire (Meteorite, May 2001, Vol. 7, No. 2,
> pp.? 22-24):
> >
> > "I knew it was different when I first laid eyes on it.
> During the? 2000
> > Tucson show
> > Steve Arnold was selling thin sections from the Elbert
> A.? King collection.
> > One in
> > particular from the Kapoeta howardite caught my?
> attention. Even without
> > magni-
> > fication I could see a clast-like feature with? a
> structure I had not seen
> > before? in
> > any meteorite, much less in a? howardite."
> >
> >
> > Above, in just one simple sentence, Richard was
> extending? credit out not
> > just to me, but to Dr. King and even to the collecting
> community? at large
> > via the Tucson Show.? He didn't have to include
> that sentence at? all in
> > that
> > paragraph, but he did.? In a gentlemanly way, he
> was? recognizing others'
> > contributions to his amazing discovery he was
> writing? about.
> >
> > Of course virtually all of Richard's books (and
> other? writings) extended
> > credit and recognition to others as well, in many
> different? ways.
> >
> > Maybe in honor of Richard's contribution into all of
> our? lives, over the
> > next 31,536,000 seconds, we can all try to take just
> one step? closer to
> > being more like Richard.? If we do, this list,
> the meteorite? community, and
> > the
> > world in general will be a much nicer place to
> hang? out.
> >
> > I am going to start:
> >
> > I want to extend an genuine thanks to? everyone
> that makes positive
> > contributions on this list.? One of my
> friends? in a private correspondence
> > today
> > mentioned in reference to Richards passing? that
> it was "very sad to have
> > lost one of the good guys."? In spite of
> some? riff-raff that shows up here
> > on
> > the list occasionally, we do have some really?
> good guys (and gals) here on
> > the list.? "Thanks" to all of you good guys?
> for contributing and making a
> > difference!
> >
> > Steve Arnold
> >
> >
> >
> > .
> >
> > In a message dated 5/27/2009 3:56:00 P.M. Central
> Daylight Time,
> > bernd.pauli at paulinet.de
> writes:
> > "A memory that pops into my mind just now is? of
> a meeting with Richard and
> > Dorothy over lunch in Tucson, one year.? Richard
> wanted to see what I had
> > in
> > the way of thin sections when I pulled? out 6
> Kapoeta thin sections I had
> > from
> > the King Collection... He held one of? them up
> and...said almost in
> > amazement:
> >
> > "This one slide holds a complete? rock collection
> in it!"
> >
> >
> > NORTON O.R. (2001) Centerpiece: Kapoeta - A?
> Howardite
> > Extraordinaire (Meteorite, May 2001, Vol. 7, No. 2,
> pp.? 22-24):
> >
> > "I knew it was different when I first laid eyes on
> it.During the? 2000
> > Tucson show
> > Steve Arnold was selling thin sections from the Elbert
> A.? King collection.
> > One in
> > particular from the Kapoeta howardite caught my?
> attention. Even without
> > magni-
> > fication I could see a clast-like feature with? a
> structure I had not seen
> > before? in
> > any meteorite, much less in a? howardite."
> >
> > **************We found the real ?Hotel California?
> and the ?Seinfeld?
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> > (http://www.whereitsat.com/?ncid=emlwenew00000004)
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