[meteorite-list] Your First Meteorite - When did you Get It?

From: bernd.pauli at paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: 24 Jun 2010 22:16:49 UT
Message-ID: <DIIE.0000000A00004D1B_at_paulinet.de>

Hiya All,

In May 2002, shortly after the inauguration of MeteoriteTimes Magazine,
I had the pleasure and the honor of being interviewed as the second person
after Jim and Paul and this is what I wrote:

"My very first meteorite was a 15-gram Mundrabilla slice that I had purchased
from [our late] Walter Zeitschel at a mineral and gem show in Heidelberg for
about US$15."

This was in the early 1980's and this 15-gram specimen still adorns my collection
and will never leave it! None of my meteorites ever leave my collection once they
are part of it. That's why there are now 34 Gold Basin meteorites/thin sections in
my collection and they will stay here as long as I live! (Thank you, Jim Kriegh, thank
you, Twink, and thank you, John Blennert).

Best wishes,

Bernd
Received on Thu 24 Jun 2010 06:16:49 PM PDT