Hi Robert, I've yet to see the original mass except in pictures. There are plenty of historic pics of the incident and the intruder if one does a google image search. Interestingly, it seems that the core sample under discussion is still floating in googles memory on this link:
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.nyrockman.com/auction-2007/cp/sylacauga2.65g-cp.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.nyrockman.com/tucson-auction-2007.htm&usg=__BF3-jLFO0Us68kh3JzoNcuAhTFw=&h=119&w=145&sz=33&hl=en&start=28&sig2=KJYJDUh44g_uk4H8JzwIWQ&um=1&tbnid=_s-V363F_dw6CM:&tbnh=78&tbnw=95&ei=Ri5hSfrxLJ-0sQOQnLmHDQ&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsylacauga%2Bmeteorite%26start%3D20%26ndsp%3D20%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den-us%26sa%3DN This thread is a little painful for me since I remember being on the phone with Steve #1 as the slice of Sylacauga was active but ending in the King auction. There was another bidder (or two) I was up against going after Sylacauga. I finally bowed out knowing I would regret it someday. Well, that day is today. Back to my beer... Martin > -----Original Message----- > From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com > [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Robert > Woolard > Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 12:21 PM > To: meteorh...@aol.com > Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Subject: [meteorite-list] Hodges Sylacauga Stone ( was What makes a hammer > ahammer? > > Steve, Michael and all, > > Thanks for the additional information, Steve. Dr. King's quote does seem > to put a different light on things. > > Just out of curiosity, has ANY member here ever seen THE stone (the "Holy > Grail" of hammers I guess) in person? (Perhaps you, Martin with your > exceptional interest in historical specimens?? ... I did see your Met. Times > article where you discuss your Top 10 Smithsonian meteorites and you listed > a slice of their Sylacauga specimen). Does any member live close enough to > it at the Alabama Museum of Natural History to give us a report and/or some > photos? There doesn't seem to be very many listed anywhere on the > Internet.... at least that I can find. I'm sure a lot of us would love to > see some high quality photos of it! > > Best, > Robert Woolard > ) > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
