[meteorite-list] Richard Norton wiki

From: Meteorites USA <eric_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 18:08:53 -0700
Message-ID: <4A1DE425.3040907_at_meteoritesusa.com>

I'm willing to donate server space, bandwidth and the web design needed.

Sounds like a great idea, and I would be proud to help! It's the least
we can do to show our appreciation for the knowledge and light Richard
brought to our lives.

Eric


Ruben Garcia wrote:
> 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
> My Articles: http://www.meteorite.com/blog/
> My Videos: http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=meteorfright&p=v
>
>
>
> ----- 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???
>>
>>> diner. What will you find? Explore WhereItsAt.com.
>>> (http://www.whereitsat.com/?ncid=emlwenew00000004)
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>> .........................................................
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