Hmm, honestly I never was aware the last decades that this category "hammer" had any meaning or importance. Of course Peekskill car, was a curiosity like Claxton. But people were buying Barwell, cause it was Barwell and Mbale, cause it was Mbale and it was only a funny side note, that a pea hit the head of a boy and Kunashak...but Kunashak virtually nobody was buying :-) Also in the classical meteorite books you won't find any category: hammers. So I'm astonished about that hype and that collectors suddenly since 2-3 years are paying triple to tenfold prices for the same falls than all the decades before.
Walter, Walter, what have you done :-) Best! Martin -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von m...@mhmeteorites.com Gesendet: Montag, 9. März 2009 17:19 An: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Witnessed Falls and Hammers - warning, LONG. I think to be considered a hammer the meteorite needs to hit a human-made structure, like a building or car. Seems to me that many have taken the term and bastardized it to the point where it has lost its true meaning and interest (at least to me). Matt Matt Morgan Mile High Meteorites http://www.mhmeteorites.com P.O. Box 151293 Lakewood, CO 80215 USA ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
