[meteorite-list] Trivia Contest - Win Free Meteorite Micromounts

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 18:28:38 -0400
Message-ID: <CAKBPJW8Qf0BoRw4uXE1srptsHCKFa2Uf0kbGNupUZpGN7wRmSw_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Lois,

Tagish Lake is a C2-ung. You are close though. :)

Best regards,

MikeG


On 3/12/14, Lois <lois.merritt at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry, didn't even pick up on that.
>
> Trying it again -
>
> 1 - Tagish Lake
>> 2 - 1980 Chevy Malibu
>> 3 - Pope Pius III
>> 4 - krotite
>> 5 - Catalina Sky Survey observer Richard Kowalski
>>
>> bonus - Mbale meteorite
>
> Lois
>
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> On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 6:11 PM, Galactic Stone & Ironworks <
> meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Lois and List,
>>
>> I should clarify. For the first question, I am looking for the NAME
>> of that particular meteorite. :)
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> MikeG
>>
>>
>>
>> On 3/12/14, Lois <lois.merritt at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Here is my try --
>> >
>> > 1 - C ungrouped or "C UNGR"
>> > 2 - 1980 Chevy Malibu
>> > 3 - Pope Pius III
>> > 4 - krotite
>> > 5 - Catalina Sky Survey observer Richard Kowalski
>> >
>> > bonus - Mbale meteorite
>> >
>> > *crossing fingers*
>> >
>> > Lois
>> >
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>> http://home.comcast.net/~loismerritt1013>
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>> http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/OV099>
>> >
>> > ~ "Scully, I've been thinking. I know that's dangerous, but just bear
>> with
>> > me."~
>> > ~ Fox Mulder, *El Mundo Gira* ~
>> > **********************************************************************
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 5:39 PM, Galactic Stone & Ironworks <
>> > meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi Listees,
>> >>
>> >> A couple of List members and myself used to have periodic contests to
>> >> win free meteorites. I have not seen any of these contests in a long
>> >> time. Last night, I went through my micromount drawer to reconcile my
>> >> inventory and I ran across a few stray micros. These are not
>> >> substantial enough to sell, so I am going to give them away. :)
>> >>
>> >> Here are the micros that are up for grabs :
>> >>
>> >> D'Orbigny (angrite) - a few tiny Bessey specks.
>> >>
>> >> Chelyabinsk (shockwave glass) - I received a large shard of glass,
>> >> which I whacked with a hammer to break it down into smaller pieces I
>> >> could resell. Some of the shards are very tiny and almost
>> >> powder-like. I will collect these into a gelatin capsule.
>> >>
>> >> KT-Boundary - I broke down a large piece of KT-boundary material and
>> >> some of it is very fine in consistency, like sand. I will collect
>> >> this into a capsule.
>> >>
>> >> Katol (L6) - fine sand-like particles.
>> >>
>> >> Uruacu (iron shale) - fine shale particles.
>> >>
>> >> NWA 528 (H4) - fine sand-like particles.
>> >>
>> >> How do you win these free micros? Be the first person to reply to the
>> >> List with the correct answers to the following meteorite trivia
>> >> questions. Do not email the answers directly to me, please post your
>> >> answer to the List (using "Reply All" is OK).
>> >>
>> >> 1) There is only one ungrouped type-1 carbonaceous chondrite. What is
>> >> it?
>> >>
>> >> 2) What was the year, make, and model of the car struck by the
>> >> Peekskill meteorite?
>> >>
>> >> 3) Which Pope received a piece of the Ensisheim meteorite?
>> >>
>> >> 4) A new mineral was discovered in a meteorite that was originally
>> >> found in Morocco in 1934. What is the mineral?
>> >>
>> >> 5) Who discovered the Almahata Sitta meteorite while it was still in
>> >> space?
>> >>
>> >> Bonus Question (answer this one and get an extra micromount of my
>> >> choice) : What meteorite was thought (by the local finders) to contain
>> >> a cure for AIDS?
>> >>
>> >> I will announce the winner as soon as I receive the winning reply.
>> >>
>> >> Good luck!
>> >>
>> >> MikeG
>> >>
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