[meteorite-list] about meteorite casts

From: Gary Fujihara <fujmon_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2011 08:58:03 -1000
Message-ID: <4F9343BE-FAF9-4192-9506-9066D1AC7E0A_at_mac.com>

Aloha all,

One of the mountain of packages that awaited me upon my return home was one that contained a cast of the Middlesborough meteorite. It is an incredibly oriented stone reproduced beautifully in this cast. My only complaint is that some idiot at customs cut through the box and scarred the piece in several places.

http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/Images/Middlesborough.jpg

I am very happy with the piece, very disappointed with customs, but anyone interested should contact Dee & Dave at GeoEd Ltd in Cornwall. Email is fossil at geoed.co.uk

gary

On Jan 26, 2010, at 3:51 AM, Zelimir Gabelica wrote:

> Hi Graham,
>
> If you mean "original meteorites" that were sources of casts in general (not Middlesborough in particular), you were very close to a famous one last Summer:
> Ensisheim meteorite, 53.832 kg, original displayed in the Ensi Regency palace.
>
> Only 2 identical (plaster) casts have been manufactured from that original in the late 1940's (or 1950's ?) by a local artist.
> One belongs to the Guardians and is sometimes lend for display instead of the original that is, as you might guess, tricky and risky to carry here and there.
>
> I am the very lucky owner of the second cast.
> It was officially donated to me by the Guardians after we had organized the first 2000 show.
> I continue to believe this was an outstanding honor that I never deserved, whatever my contribution to initiate the show (actually that work was, and still is, far more a pleasure and a challenge than a task).
>
> This being, if ever you need my cast for any kind of display (even in the UK), I am always ready to lend it occasionally. Because I consider that this almost unique cast can be to some extent an elegant way to dispatch the fame of that unique meteorite, and perhaps the knowledge of meteorites in general.
> I may suspect the artist realized it for that kind of purpose.
>
> BTW, please note all:
> The real and accurately measured weight of the original meteorite "fragment" sited in Ensisheim (by all means the main mass) is well 53.831, as officially re-weighed in 2002.
> The other often mentioned figures ("about 55 kg" or alike) are not correct.
>
> My best,
>
> Zelimir
>
> At 23:44 25/01/2010, ensoramanda at ntlworld.com wrote:
>> Hi Dan,
>>
>> I have chased up the original sources of the casts and they are no longer available...unless of course someone on the list knows different...I have been after one for years.
>>
>> Graham
>>
>> ---- "Daniel H. Fronefield" <dfronfld at hiwaay.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > So, does anyone still carry these Middlesborough meteorite casts for
>> > sale? Is the 3D scan made by ESA/NASA available to the general
>> > public? If so, a reasonable replica could be produced by various
>> > methods. Just thinking ... I'd love to have replica for my display too.
>> >
>> > Dan
>> >
>
> Prof. Zelimir Gabelica
> Universit? de Haute Alsace
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Gary Fujihara
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Received on Tue 08 Feb 2011 01:58:03 PM PST