[meteorite-list] Meteorite Men on American Chopper Thursday on TLC

From: bill kies <parkforestmet_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 19:51:42 -0500
Message-ID: <SNT102-W117321CEE94C6F4D112D16A28C0_at_phx.gbl>

What's that rectangular wedge sticking out of the Campo? Is it natural or a modification so they can mount it on the bike?
 
Bill


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> Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 10:04:48 -0700
> From: damoclid at yahoo.com
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Men on American Chopper Thursday on TLC
>
> A sneak preview of the Meteorite Men chopper can be found here:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Exgh4R3AnoM
>
>
> --
> Richard Kowalski
> Full Moon Photography
> IMCA #1081
>
>
> --- On Tue, 8/31/10, tett wrote:
>
> > From: tett
> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Men on American Chopper Thursday on TLC
> > To: meteorhntr at aol.com
> > Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> > Date: Tuesday, August 31, 2010, 4:35 PM
> > Steve,
> >
> > Now that is cool. My two passions are meteroties and
> > motorcycles. Both keep me in the poor house and you
> > can nevert have too many of either. Now combine in one
> > episode!
> >
> > Will see if I can get it taped from the States
> >
> > Cheers and Concratulations on your show.
> >
> > Mike Tettenborn
> >
> > On 31/08/2010 11:38 AM, meteorhntr at aol.com
> > wrote:
> > > All,
> > >
> > > Greetings from Sunny London. Finally a break in
> > our shooting of the second season of Meteorite Men, just in
> > time to get home to watch some TV.
> > >
> > > Just as a quick heads up, Geoff and I are going to be
> > guests on American Chopper this Thursday on TLC.
> > >
> > > For those who don't know, we get our meteorite bike
> > from Orange County Choppers so it should be fun.
> > >
> > > Steve Arnold
> > >
> > >
> > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: "Martin Altmann"
> > > Sender: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> > > Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:48:18
> > > To:
> > > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA meteorites, TO BE OR
> > NOT TO BE?
> > >
> > > Hi Shawn,
> > >
> > > I think, you can answer some of your questions by
> > yourself.
> > >
> > > Outstretch your arm. On your extended arm look on the
> > tip of your little
> > > finger.
> > > The finger nail of your pinky is the Earth.
> > >
> > > Imagine, your room has no walls - or go in the
> > garden.
> > >
> > > 250 yards away from your fingernail, that's where the
> > meteorites come from.
> > >
> > >
> > > So it's possibly not so important, where exactly on
> > your fingernail they
> > > will hit.
> > >
> > >
> > > ...and as strained you'll squint your eyes,
> > > it's impossible to match a Shawn, a Mike, an Aziz, a
> > Martin, a Bevan... on
> > > your nail :-)
> > >
> > >
> > > Best!
> > > Martin
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
> > > Von: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> > > [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com]
> > Im Auftrag von Shawn
> > > Alan
> > > Gesendet: Dienstag, 31. August 2010 03:25
> > > An: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> > > Betreff: [meteorite-list] NWA meteorites, TO BE OR NOT
> > TO BE?
> > >
> > > Hello Listers,
> > > I was doing an Internet search today
> > on meteorites and came across a write
> > > up about NWA meteorites. I would have to say it was a
> > good write up
> > > considering there isn't much about the history of
> > NWA's on the Internet. The
> > > write up covered topics from the NWA gold rush, to how
> > this affected sales
> > > and peoples desert meteorite collections, and how NWA
> > meteorites by some can
> > > be seen as inferior to other meteorites. All these
> > points do bring up some
> > > interesting view points in the meteorite community. I
> > wonder what peoples
> > > take is on NWA meteorites and how the classification
> > works or doesn't work
> > > with some finds?
> > > Why I ask this is because some of the
> > NWA meteorites on eBay are NWA xxx
> > > meteorites, meaning those meteorites haven't been
> > classified and probably
> > > wont. Now to me for every NWA meteorite excluding the
> > Lunar and Martian
> > > meteorites could be almost unique in its owe if there
> > is only a select few
> > > people that get these stones classified, making the
> > NWA meteorite market
> > > confusing and regulated by only classifying certain
> > meteorites and
> > > disregarding others. And as for selling NWA meteorites
> > how does one
> > > determine the price point when the TKW and location is
> > unknown? Is it to be or not to be when
> > collecting NWA meteorites..... this draw back
> > > could affect the classification and make it more
> > confusing compared to finds
> > > in the US and Europe. If I went to the Muffin strewn
> > field and found some
> > > meteorites, I wouldn't have to get them
> > classified because of the
> > > documentation of a fall being there. But on the other
> > hand, if I went to
> > > Africa and found some meteorites I would be SOL and
> > the only way I could
> > > know what the meteorite was is if I got it classified,
> > which I am not sure
> > > how much that costs, but I bet it can be a pretty
> > penny depending what your
> > > getting done on it.
> > > Now could this be a problem in some
> > peoples eyes why they think NWA's might
> > > be questionable because locations cant be accountable?
> > And from a collectors
> > > stand point what features does one collect NWA's? From
> > my take it seems like
> > > that some NWA meteorite are unique in its own way by
> > rarity or uniqueness
> > > cause of lack there of, and because of the way NWA's
> > are collected, cant
> > > this affecting price point and investment for ones
> > collection?
> > > Here is an abstract from the write up
> > about NWA's
> > >
> > > NWAs: Second Class Meteorites?
> > >
> > > By Norbert Classen, May 2003
> > >
> > > On the collector's market, the prices of most
> > Northwest African meteorites
> > > are still dropping while witnessed falls and historic
> > specimens are getting
> > > more expensive. Are NWA meteorites less valuable, or
> > is it a subliminal form
> > > of chauvinism making some people treat them like
> > second class meteorites?
> > >
> > > The NWA Dilemma
> > >
> > > In the late 1990s, an increasing number of meteorites
> > from the hot deserts
> > > of northwest Africa hit the market, most of them
> > having been recovered by
> > > so-called "nomads", i.e. by native people from Morocco
> > and Western Sahara.
> > > After having acquired several meteorites at the local
> > markets, the French
> > > fossil hunters, Bruno Fectay and Carine Bidaut,
> > started to educate their
> > > local team not only to look for fossils, but also for
> > meteorites - with
> > > great success.
> > > link
> > > http://www.meteorite.fr/en/news/feature.htm
> > > NWA, to be or not to be?
> > > Shawn Alan
> > > IMCA 1633
> > > eBaystore
> > > http://shop.ebay.com/photophlow/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p
> > > 4340
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