[meteorite-list] Your First Meteorite - When did you Get It
From: Mike Miller <meteoritefinder_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:46:36 -0700 Message-ID: <AANLkTilAKQQmtfre0tInPlw3_F9ErBtlSl_EJCEiBQWL_at_mail.gmail.com> If the thread is when did you buy your first meteorite then it was different for me. I bought my first meteorite a Canyon Diablo from Keith Jenkerson for $100 and my wife was finally certain that I was completely insane. To pay $100 for a silly little rock???????????? On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 5:41 PM, Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net> wrote: > My first meteorite purchase was, like so many other's, > made because I was amazed that you could BUY them. > The first was a small ZAG in 2000, bought from eBay > and Dean Bessey, he of the never-ending listings. > > I like pieces of places that are known or are knowable. > Within a week I bought a little chunk of Vesta (or a > Vestoid). In another week, I had bought a bigger chunk > of Mars. The same week I bought that small patch of > Mars real estate, I bought my first tektite, ?and in > another month a piece of the Moon at a per-gram > price that was (and is) truly obscene. > > Buying meteorites is a virus characterized by rapid > onset, you know. A degree of immunity may develop > in time (or you may run out of money), but you will > never be totally free of the disorder. In some individuals, > the disease may be accompanied by the co-infecting > agent that causes Tektititis, as it was in my case. > > > Sterling K. Webb > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: "Greg Stanley" <stanleygregr at hotmail.com> >> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> >> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 11:17 AM >> Subject: [meteorite-list] Your First Meteorite - When did you Get It >> >> Hi List: >> >> Gives me an idea for a new thread: >> >> What was you first meteorite? When did you acquire it? >> >> Greg S. > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > -- Mike Miller 3835 E Nicole Ave Kingman Az 86409 www.meteoritefinder.com 928-757-1378Received on Thu 24 Jun 2010 08:46:36 PM PDT |
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