[meteorite-list] Ensisheim Meteorite & Show

From: Martin Goff <msgmeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2014 08:05:31 +0100
Message-ID: <CAKEL=tB8g_byY40k6OGp66awY7FOHo8S7rFRYdJYkjhjxzPTYA_at_mail.gmail.com>

Very exciting indeed, my first ever Ensisheim Show :-) Very much
looking forward to meeting in person rather than online many folk who
I have interacted with over the years and making some new
acquaintances too :-)

I can't wait, see you all there :-)

Cheers

Martin

Martin Goff
www.msg-meteorites.co.uk
IMCA #3387
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On 14 Jun 2014 01:00, "Anne Black via Meteorite-list"
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
>
> Same thing here.
> Packing and leaving in a few days, but I doubt that I will be traveling light!
> See you all there.
>
>
> Anne M. Black
> www.IMPACTIKA.com
> IMPACTIKA at aol.com
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Farmer via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> To: Greg Hup? <gmhupe at centurylink.net>
> Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Fri, Jun 13, 2014 5:49 pm
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ensisheim Meteorite & Show
>
>
> Yes. We all all excited to head back to Europe for fine food, fine drink, and
> fine meteorite friends. Some fine treasure will be icing on the cake:)
>
> I will attend as usual and same as Greg, any requests for material should be
> made now. I plan on traveling light this year.
> Michael Farmer
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jun 13, 2014, at 4:15 PM, Greg Hup? via Meteorite-list
>
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> In just a few short days some of us will start making or way to
>
> Europe and
> congregate at the Ensisheim and Sainte Marie aux Mines shows. I am looking
> forward to seeing many of my friends there, Ensisheim has always been my
> favorite show when it comes down to pure meteorites, no beads or junk, just
> meteorites and fun meteorite people! I am not sure what I am bringing to offer
> for sale yet, so if I have anything that you may be interested in, please send
> me an email and I will do my best to bring anything of interest.
>>
>>
>> Here is a little Ensisheim history to get warmed up by...
>>
>> Ensisheim meteorite...
>>
>> ...a meteorite whose descent from the sky onto a wheat field in
>
> Alsace (now
> part of France) in 1492 is one of the earliest instances of a meteorite fall on
> record. ?Maximillian I, who was proclaimed Holy Roman emperor soon afterward,
> assembled his council to determine the significance of this event; their verdict
> was that the meteorite was a favorable omen for success in Maximilian?s wars
> with France and Turkey. ?Accordingly, Maximilian ordered the Ensisheim stone to
> be placed with an appropriate inscription in the local parish church. ?The
> meteorite was fixed to the wall with iron crampons to prevent it from wandering
> at night or departing in the same violent manner in which it had arrived. ?It
> resides in the town of Ensisheim today, although visitors in the intervening
> centuries chipped off all but 56 kg (123 pounds) of its original 127-kg mass.
>>
>>
>> See you at the show!!
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Greg
>>
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