[meteorite-list] WisconsinSchool project - Suggestion

From: Michael Blood <mlblood_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 16:05:36 -0700
Message-ID: <C81C5FD0.E98C%mlblood_at_cox.net>

Hi To all those who have commented on the school project,
        The original request was for a display for one school with
Some WI meteorites. I would not want the agenda to change if I had
Already donated money for one cause and others decided a different
Cause were better.
        If I hear (off list) from each and every contributor that that is
Their desire, fine - otherwise, $ will be spent as per the originally
Presented project. Of course, meteorites from other venues are welcome
And if others want to begin a fund for additional schools, that, too, is
Fine and dandy. However, soliciting funds for a stated goal holds with
It an obligation to use those funds for said goal.
        Best wishes, Michael




On 5/21/10 3:57 PM, "Linton Rohr" <lintonius at earthlink.net> wrote:

> That's what I was thinking too, Steve, but I haven't even been up there so
> what do I know?
> It might even be more meaningful, even more appropriate, to have a stone
> found by a local.
> That's, of course, in addition to the donated selection.
> Linton
>
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>> Anne and all,
>>
>> There are also locals who have and who will find meteorites that might be
>> very happy to give (or permanently loan) a meteorite that would stay
>> local, instead of just keeping it in their sock drawer or safety deposit
>> box.
>>
>> Steve Arnold
>> Of Meteorite Men
>> Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: "Matson, Robert D." <ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com>
>> Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 15:29:58
>> To: <Impactika at aol.com>; <mlblood at cox.net>
>> Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] WisconsinSchool project - Suggestion
>>
>> Hi Anne,
>>
>> I completely agree. It is actually foolish to use donated funds -- at
>> this time -- to purchase stones from the latest Wisconsin fall. Very
>> little bang for the buck. For the same money, you could buy an NWA
>> chondrite over 100 times larger that is nearly as fresh-looking.
>>
>> I think a far better use for the limited funds would be a modest
>> variety of medium-sized, relatively inexpensive meteorites. For
>> the cost of one tiny, unimpressive specimen from the lastest
>> Wisconsin fall, you could instead purchase and donate a large iron,
>> a pallasite or mesosiderite, an ordinary chondrite *AND* an
>> achondrite. --Rob
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
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>> Impactika at aol.com
>> Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 2:17 PM
>> To: mlblood at cox.net
>> Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] WisconsinSchool project - Suggestion
>>
>> Michael,
>>
>> If I may make a suggestion...........
>>
>> Lets think about Meteorites in general, rather than just one Wisconsin
>> meteorite.
>> Since you now have about $750.00, buy an assortment of reasonably
>> priced, classified, known meteorites. Maybe a Canyon Diablo, a small
>> Brenham, a couple stonies with different classification. No crumbs,
>> large enough pieces so they can see what a metorite looks like, and how
>> many different types there are. That would lead to a much better
>> understanding of meteorites, than just one small stone.
>>
>> If you decided to do that, I am quite sure you would find more offers
>> and more help. In fact, I would be willing to help you with donations.
>>
>> And if you really insist on getting them a piece of the Wisconsin stone,
>> then I suggest you wait 6 months to a year, when more stones have been
>> found, and the price has gone down. As it always does with new falls,
>> particularly when it is an ordinary chondrite; look at Buzzard Coulee:
>> $40/g during the Tucson Show, $10/g now.
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>> Anne M. Black
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