[meteorite-list] "The Bankrupter Stone" - Was Hammer Question

From: Greg Catterton <star_wars_collector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:27:06 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <783735.70164.qm_at_web46410.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>

Perhaps I will coin the term "bankrupter stone" that will help.

A "Bankrupter stone" is one that hits a person, animal or object of value, then costs the buyer of said stone to empty out what they have in the bank to buy it.

TO qualify for such a grand title, the meteorite must do major damage to a person, animal or man made object that is not able to continue to perform duties like it did prior to the impact.

See Claxton and Peekskill for examples of "Bankrupter stones"

Hope everyone is doing good today!


Greg Catterton
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--- On Wed, 6/16/10, Richard Kowalski <damoclid at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Richard Kowalski <damoclid at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Hammer Question
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Wednesday, June 16, 2010, 2:10 PM
> Hey Eric,
>
> I think you and I are looking at this question coming from
> rather different directions.
>
> Your post is about valuation of hammers, and my post is
> about a definition, a subject which you kind of give short
> shrift to by saying we could get too "anal"ytical about.
>
> To me, the thing that gets hammered, is irrelevant if the
> definition is so broad as to be nearly meaningless. To also
> include all the stones in a fall as part of a "hammer fall"
> seems ridiculously broad, to me that is. 100,000 stones
> fall, but a single 1g frag bounces against barn, so all the
> other 99,999 have been made "more special" in some way?
>
> If that's what some collectors believe, that's fine with
> me. Again, that isn't my area of collecting.
>
> I agree it is up to the collector to place a value on the
> hammer, depending on what object was struck, where it was
> located, and the story and or media coverage about the
> strike, but that is a different topic. One of valuation, not
> the definition of what a hammer is.
>
>
> --
> Richard Kowalski
> Full Moon Photography
> IMCA #1081are hammers. That to me is not
> > really a question.
> >
> > The question is how much more is a hammer stone
> "worth" if
> > it hit a shed (regardless of building materials)
> versus it
> > hitting a dirt road or even a paved road.? Colletors
> > will probably not care much if it hits a road unless
> there's
> > history surrounding it. Now, if the hammer in question
> hits
> > a mailbox, then it's probably "worth" what someone
> will pay
> > for it. Simple.
> >
> > It would be up to the dealer who sells the meteorite
> as a
> > hammer as long as he/she explains what the "hammer
> stone"
> > impacted and the circumstances surrounding it, and
> then only
> > if the the dealer is honest with the collector/buyer,
> and
> > the collector/buyer chooses to spend more on it
> because it
> > hit something man-made would it be worth more.
> >
> > If being a hammer stone means a meteorite was worth
> less no
> > one would care what constitutes a hammer.
> >
> > The valuation is the degree of perceived importance.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Eric Wichman
> > Meteorites USA
> > www.meteoritesusa.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 6/15/2010 11:52 PM, Shawn Alan wrote:
> > > Hello Listers,
> > >
> > > Now I have a good question about hammer
> meteorite
> > falls. It is said that a meteorite fall is a hammer
> fall if
> > it hits something that is man made. Now if a meteorite
> lands
> > on the surface of a serviced dirt road, a road made by
> man
> > from dirt, rocks, oil to coat the road, or other
> processes
> > to maintain the dirt road, wouldn't that constitute as
> being
> > a hammer fall?
> > >
> > > Shawn Alan
> > > IMCA 1633
> > > eBaystore
> > > http://shop.ebay.com/photophlow/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p4340
> >
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