[meteorite-list] Burning Man Meteorite
From: robert crane <rrobber1_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 11:45:32 -0700 Message-ID: <BAY402-EAS207B1E62FB6B823D91359498C220_at_phx.gbl> Hippies do strange things. > On Sep 20, 2013, at 11:11, "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi List, > > I talked to one of my old high-school friends today and he told me > something interesting that I did not know. > > He goes to Burning Man every year and the last time he went, he > learned that each Burning Man has a large iron meteorite in the base > that supports the Man. After they burn him, they sift through the > ashes and recover the meteorite to be used again. > > I asked him what kind of meteorite it was, and he said that it was > Chinese and over 500 years old, and that was all he knew. Well, it's > obviously a Nantan, and I guess I don't have a problem with > mistreating that meteorite since Nantans are so common. Heck, it > might not even be a real meteorite, if they bought it off eBay, given > the high number of bogus Nantans offered there by sellers in China. > > Was anyone else aware of this Burning Man tradition involving the > meteorite? And if so, are there any details available regarding the > source of the meteorite, the size, etc? > > Best regards, > > MikeG > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com > Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone > Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone > Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone > ------------------------------------------------------------- > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Fri 20 Sep 2013 02:45:32 PM PDT |
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