[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.
>
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Received on Thu 24 Jun 2010 08:46:36 PM PDT