[meteorite-list] What types of meteorites do you collect?

From: Richard Montgomery <rickmont_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 10:18:52 -0700
Message-ID: <44A11D0F7E714388B9FF78A308603CD3_at_bosoheadPC>

...except I miss-typed, knowing that SaH00182 is a CR3!

-Rick


----- Original Message -----
From: "Melanie Matthews" <miss_meteorite at yahoo.ca>
To: "Greg Stanley" <stanleygregr at hotmail.com>; <tett at rogers.com>;
<fujmon at mac.com>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; <photophlow at yahoo.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] What types of meteorites do you collect?


> Greg S. - you're on the same wavelength as me in regards to meteorite
> preferences! Although I'm also very fond of carbonaceous chondrites (of
> which my favorites are the more exotic primitive types: i.e. Tagish Lake
> and
> Murchison, etc), and out of ordinary chondrites - Ls, LLs, breccias, and
> the more exotic lesser known types.
>
> I want to become a "type" collector.
> -----------
> Melanie
> IMCA: 2975
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>
> Unclassified meteorites are like a box of chocolates... you never know
> what you're gonna get!
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Greg Stanley <stanleygregr at hotmail.com>
> To: tett at rogers.com; fujmon at mac.com
> Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com; photophlow at yahoo.com
> Sent: Thu, July 1, 2010 9:31:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] What types of meteorites do you collect?
>
>
> Mike and List:
>
> Maybe that's better:
>
> I'm not to big on Irons - only have a few and my first was an Iron.
>
> I favor Achondrites, the more exotic the better - I think it's so neat to
> see crystals in a meteorite. I also think meteorites without metal are
> really cool. The bigger the crystals - the better. I favor Mars over
> Lunars. I have three mars and only one lunar.
>
> It's such a fasinating hobby,
>
> Greg S.
>
> ----------------------------------------
>> Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 12:24:21 -0400
>> From: tett at rogers.com
>> To: fujmon at mac.com
>> CC: stanleygregr at hotmail.com; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com;
>> photophlow at yahoo.com
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] What types of meteorites do you collect?
>>
>> Gary,
>>
>> From your post it really should be What don't you collect. ;>)
>>
>> I guess you may not have too many martian or lunars.
>>
>> I collect similar to you except I don't go for too many irons. Just
>> have a couple to show people and sxplain the broad range of meteorites.
>> Chondrites of all shorts (especially W0 unequilibrated) and HEDs. I too
>> love Dho 007
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
>> Mike Tettenborn
>>
>>
>> Gary Fujihara wrote:
>>> Greg poses a good question for the list: what types of meteorites do you
>>> collect the most and are most interested in, and why?
>>>
>>> Well, being far too scatterbrained to choose only one type, I have many
>>> interests. I love carbonaceous chondrites, and among them CM and CVs in
>>> particular (I love the smell of Murchison in the morning ;^)
>>>
>>> For achondrites, I collect HEDs a lot, and love brecciated cumulate
>>> eucrites like Dho 007.
>>>
>>> WIth respect to ordinary chondrites, I love any unequilibrated stone,
>>> and type 3s of any classification float my boat.
>>>
>>> Oh, and last but not least, I love big, regmaglyped complete irons of
>>> all kinds. There is something about a large iron meteorite that captures
>>> the attention and imagination of most people.
>>>
>>> gary
>>>
>>>
>>>> This brings up another idea for a thread:
>>>>
>>>> What class or type of meteorite to you collect the most and are most
>>>> interested it?
>>>>
>>>> I myself like rare ungrouped achondrites and my favorite is the
>>>> Angrites.
>>>>
>>>> Greg S.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Gary Fujihara
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