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

From: Stuart McDaniel <actionshooting_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 17:59:22 -0400
Message-ID: <8A8C8229EABD4B25935342F49E0FECA3_at_DESKTOPCOMP>

I have been lurking around here for sometime now, just not posting much,
just learning.

Stuart McDaniel
Lawndale, NC
Secretary,
Cleve. Co. Astronomical Society
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl 's" <carloselguapo1 at hotmail.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2010 4:21 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Your First Meteorite - When did you Get It


>
> Hi Stuart and All,
>
> Welcome, Stuart! Hope you enjoy and learn from this list as much as I. You
> mentioned MikeG, John (Moonman), Adam H., Greg H. and Greg C., all
> knowledgeable collectors/sellers. I have bought stones from them as well.
>
> I'm sorry I am so late for this thread. I've been away. My first
> meteorites were not for me. I bought two 120g+ very weathered stones from
> Dean Bessey for my kids who were collecting rocks and minerals. I didn't
> know anything about meteorites, so I just bought whatever looked good.
> Actually now that I know a little better, they're rather ugly. However,
> their interest in collecting minerals were waning at this time. This was
> about three years ago. I thought these would be the ultimate rocks for
> their collections and would get them interested again. Real SPACE rocks!!
> Well, they accepted the meteorites without the interest I had hoped. In
> the meantime I started reading everything I could about meteorites. A
> month later I bought my first 400g Campo. I've been hooked and out of
> control ever since. My kids, well, they have their own non-meteoric
> hobbies but they still have the first meteorites I got for them.
>
> Carl2
>
>
> Stuart McDaniel wrote:
>>Newbie here.........................My first was relative recent, early
>>2009...
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