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

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:35:26 -0400
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And now you have the most wicked Angrite on the planet!

You have come full circle! :)

Best regards,

MikeG


On 6/24/10, star_wars_collector at yahoo.com <star_wars_collector at yahoo.com> wrote:
> My first meteorite and how I got into meteorites is a neat story...
> I home schooled my daughter for her first year.
>
> I was using tumbled earth stones to help teach my little girl math as I
> found the stones helped to keep her into it.
>
> A very good friend Buddy Haney of JBH imports was kind enough to get her a
> meteorite to add to her counting stones. It is a basic campo crystal which
> we still have.
>
> Up until then, I had never imagined I could actually touch something from
> space.
>
> I did research about the stone and came across Bob C who was simply a
> wonderful person to buy my first meteorites from.
> I bought several kilos of campos and a 1/2g martian.
> He provided me with such good paperwork, I felt comfortable with buying more
> and came across Mike Farmer and the Hupes, both who also like Bob were
> awesome people who were very helpful in fueling me and my daughters passion
> for just what meteorites offered us the chance to take part in... Space!!!
>
> Another person who I owe a great deal to, more then I can ever pay back is
> Anthony Love. The time he has been so kind to share with me and what he
> continues to teach me is something I will never be able to repay.
>
> The rest, is history and Wandering Star Meteorites was born. Me and my
> Heaven are the "owners" and the time it has given us is worth far more then
> anything I could ever have hoped to come from what started out as teaching
> her to count.
>
> That's my (our) story.
> Hope everyone is good.
>
> Greg C
>
>
>
> Sent on the Sprint? Now Network from my BlackBerry?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: <cdtucson at cox.net>
> Sender: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:06:47
> To: Greg Stanley<stanleygregr at hotmail.com>;
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Your First Meteorite - When did you Get It
>
> My first was a Mundrabilla as well.
> It can be seen published in the book by Marvin Killgore : Southwest
> Meteorite Collection" pictured on page 109.
> Marvin Considers it to be amongst the finest examples on the planet. But
> should also be noted that this was originally purchased by me in 1989 from
> Bob Haag as a bob Haag self find. During a weak moment I then stupidly sold
> it to Marvin around 1995. He calls it Camel shape. I called it an Alien.
> Carl
> --
> Carl or Debbie Esparza
> Meteoritemax
>
>
> ---- Greg Stanley <stanleygregr at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi List:
>>
>> Gives me an idea for a new thread:
>>
>> What was you first meteorite? When did you acquire it?
>>
>> Greg S.
>>
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