Re: [meteorite-list] What's Your Favourite Ordinary Chondrite?
I am having some trouble with posting this to the list as I was sending my reply in HTML. Now that I have corrected this, please disregard future posts from me with the same title should they get through. I tend to lean toward those that have caused some sort of chaos, be it historical, physical, or social. Misunderstood portents of danger, doom or divinity, killers, destroyers. Many have already been listed but there are a couple that have yet gone unmentioned: Mbale Factories, schools and even the local prison were pelted by the terrifying shower of stones, a small boy was struck, but not hurt. Many of the meteorites were later recovered and ground into a paste that was either ingested or applied on the body by townspeople who believed the stones were a cure for AIDS...sent by God. Claxton Don Richardson was stepping out of his trailer when a whistling that reminded him of an incoming mortar round in Vietnam made him flinch. With a loud bang something struck a mailbox 112 feet away and smashed it to the ground. And even our newest Thuathe Malineo Mantsoe of IIa Sofonia describes her experience: When the loud noise occurred overhead, she ran to the back of her dwelling expecting to see a thunderstorm, but there was none. She came to the front, just in time to hear wh-bang as a stone fell into her cooking area just in front of her, cracking one of her water carriers. No villager could have thrown a stone so fast in daylight, and it must have been a truly powerful tikoloske (GREMLIN) to have done such a thing in broad daylight! Fortunately she was prepared for such occasions, because she had a supply of holy water blessed in church. She sprinkled it on the stone and elsewhere around her cooking area and house... The clear winner, and worthy of mention again is Ensisheim On November 7, 1492, near noon, a loud explosion announced the fall of a 280-pound stone meteorite in a wheat field near the village of Ensisheim in the province of Alsace, France, which at the time was part of Germany. An old woodcut depicting the scene shows the fall witnessed by two people emerging from a forest. Actually, a young boy was the only eyewitness. He led the townspeople to the field, where the meteorite lay in a hole 3 feet deep. After it was retrieved, people began to chip off pieces for souvenirs until stopped by the town magistrate. The townspeople accepted the stone as an object of supernatural origin. King Maximilian of Germany, passing through Ensisheim three weeks later, examined the meteorite and proclaimed it a sign of God's wrath against the French, who were warring with the Holy Roman Empire. Maximilian ordered the great stone displayed in the parish church in Ensisheim as a reminder of God's intervention in the conflict. There it remained, chained to the church, until the French Revolution, when it was confiscated from the church by French revolutionaries and placed on display in a new national museum in nearby Colmar. In the museum, French scientists removed numerous pieces from the main mass for study. Many of those pieces eventually wound up in museums around the world. Ten years later, it was returned to the church in Ensisheim. Oh how I love the carnage. And dare I deviate from the OC class and offer you a taste ofElbogen The population of Elbogen recalled several stories in connection with the iron. It was supposed to date back to a time when Elbogen Castle was the seat of the deputy of the Emperor (Burggraf); if this is correct, it must date back to about 1350-1430, since this was the only period when the castle was so used. On one occasion the hated Burggraf, upon summoning his serfs to service, was transformed to a piece of iron, or, as some thought, a bell-bronze. This piece of iron is the meteorite Elbogen which, since that time, has also been called Der verwünschte Burggraf or The bewitched burgrave. The mass was preserved in the basement of the castle, and it was believed that if by some misfortune it was removed, it had the power to come back again. Oh, and Mocs, because it's fun to say with a Dracula accent. -- Rob Wesel -- We are the music makers...and we are the dreamers of the dreams. Willy Wonka, 1971 __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] What's Your Favourite Ordinary Chondrite?
G'day List, Today I got tothinking how most of the 'Prestige' in meteorites generallygoes to the Achondrites, Pallasites etc. The good lookers! ;-) So I thought I wouldthrow this out to everyone and ask what your favourite Ordinary Chondrite is because there are some really amazing meteorites which this classification. It doesn't matter what your reason is. It may be that it's just a really attractive piece or possibly the story behind how it was found or fell.If everyone gets into the spirit of it,I'll tally up all the answers in a week or soand let everyone know the Top Picks! We may find some surprising results! You can give up to5 favouritesandI'll start with thesepicks: 1) Knyachinya (L/LL5) - Birthday meteorite with great fresh crust and a really nice colourful brecciated matrix. 2) Parnallee (LL3.6) - Put simply: Rare, Old andAwesome matrix. 3) NWA 965 (LL4) - Tiny TKW with a matrix choc full of multi-coloured crisp chondrules. 4) Richfield (LL3.7) - If you haven't seen a larger piece or a goodphoto of one; time to change that! 5) Bensour (LL6) - As fresh dramatic as it gets. Whitish matrix with jet black fusion crust! Too cool! Looking forward to hearing some responses, Jeff KuykenI.M.C.A. #3085www.meteoritesaustralia.com (P.S. It's not as easy as you think!)
Re: [meteorite-list] What's Your Favourite Ordinary Chondrite?
Hello all Uhmmm.may hard thisI see what is possible write: 1) Siena - why is a oldest italian fall and have a nice matrix 2) Sinawan 001 - for the nice matrix with veins 3) St.Severin - for the nice brecciation in my slice 4) Karatu - for the nice grey matrix with black veins 5) Vjatka - for the brecciation - if is visible type my slice 6) Dhofar 010 - for the strange matrix All pieces visible in my collection site Regards Matteo --- Jeff Kuyken [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G'day List, Today I got to thinking how most of the 'Prestige' in meteorites generally goes to the Achondrites, Pallasites etc. The good lookers! ;-) So I thought I would throw this out to everyone and ask what your favourite Ordinary Chondrite is because there are some really amazing meteorites which this classification. It doesn't matter what your reason is. It may be that it's just a really attractive piece or possibly the story behind how it was found or fell. If everyone gets into the spirit of it, I'll tally up all the answers in a week or so and let everyone know the Top Picks! We may find some surprising results! You can give up to 5 favourites and I'll start with these picks: 1) Knyachinya (L/LL5) - Birthday meteorite with great fresh crust and a really nice colourful brecciated matrix. 2) Parnallee (LL3.6) - Put simply: Rare, Old and Awesome matrix. 3) NWA 965 (LL4) - Tiny TKW with a matrix choc full of multi-coloured crisp chondrules. 4) Richfield (LL3.7) - If you haven't seen a larger piece or a good photo of one; time to change that! 5) Bensour (LL6) - As fresh dramatic as it gets. Whitish matrix with jet black fusion crust! Too cool! Looking forward to hearing some responses, Jeff Kuyken I.M.C.A. #3085 www.meteoritesaustralia.com (P.S. It's not as easy as you think!) = M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato Via Triestina 126/A - 30030 - TESSERA, VENEZIA, ITALY Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sale Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.com Collection Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.info International Meteorite Collectors Association #2140 MSN Messanger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EBAY.COM:http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] What's Your Favourite Ordinary Chondrite?
Hell Jeff and list, My favorite Ordinary Chondrite, Portales Valley! The reason is self explanatory! Thanks, TomThe proudest member of the IMCA 6168 - Original Message - From: Jeff Kuyken To: Meteorite List Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 2:50 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] What's Your Favourite Ordinary Chondrite? G'day List, Today I got tothinking how most of the 'Prestige' in meteorites generallygoes to the Achondrites, Pallasites etc. The good lookers! ;-) So I thought I wouldthrow this out to everyone and ask what your favourite Ordinary Chondrite is because there are some really amazing meteorites which this classification. It doesn't matter what your reason is. It may be that it's just a really attractive piece or possibly the story behind how it was found or fell.If everyone gets into the spirit of it,I'll tally up all the answers in a week or soand let everyone know the Top Picks! We may find some surprising results! You can give up to5 favouritesandI'll start with thesepicks: 1) Knyachinya (L/LL5) - Birthday meteorite with great fresh crust and a really nice colourful brecciated matrix. 2) Parnallee (LL3.6) - Put simply: Rare, Old andAwesome matrix. 3) NWA 965 (LL4) - Tiny TKW with a matrix choc full of multi-coloured crisp chondrules. 4) Richfield (LL3.7) - If you haven't seen a larger piece or a goodphoto of one; time to change that! 5) Bensour (LL6) - As fresh dramatic as it gets. Whitish matrix with jet black fusion crust! Too cool! Looking forward to hearing some responses, Jeff KuykenI.M.C.A. #3085www.meteoritesaustralia.com (P.S. It's not as easy as you think!)
Re: [meteorite-list] What's Your Favourite Ordinary Chondrite?
Hello all I would want ask to Yousef the listing of 6 chondrites preferred hahahahahhahaha ;-) bah Regards Matteo = M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato Via Triestina 126/A - 30030 - TESSERA, VENEZIA, ITALY Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sale Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.com Collection Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.info International Meteorite Collectors Association #2140 MSN Messanger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EBAY.COM:http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] What's Your Favourite Ordinary Chondrite?
Greetings everyone. First I`m depressed that I missed the get together in Chicago Sunday evening! :( I had to work late. Second. Here is a list of my favorite ordinary chondrites in my collection. Sorry, but I just had to list 6. 1) Vyatka H4/5 550 gram full slice. 2) Naiman L6 58.25 gram full slice. 3) Kunashak L6 66.06 gram partslice. 4) NWA 061 LL4 8.00 gram partslice. 5) Bensour LL6 79.61 gram oriented indivivdual. 6) My new and really cool... Thuathe H4 163.56 gram individual. Have a great day! Dave G'day List, Today I got to thinking how most of the 'Prestige' in meteorites generally goes to the Achondrites, Pallasites etc. The good lookers! ;-) So I thought I would throw this out to everyone and ask what your favourite Ordinary Chondrite is because there are some really amazing meteorites which this classification. It doesn't matter what your reason is. It may be that it's just a really attractive piece or possibly the story behind how it was found or fell. If everyone gets into the spirit of it, I'll tally up all the answers in a week or so and let everyone know the Top Picks! We may find some surprising results! You can give up to 5 favourites and I'll start with these picks: 1) Knyachinya (L/LL5) - Birthday meteorite with great fresh crust and a really nice colourful brecciated matrix. 2) Parnallee (LL3.6) - Put simply: Rare, Old and Awesome matrix. 3) NWA 965 (LL4) - Tiny TKW with a matrix choc full of multi-coloured crisp chondrules. 4) Richfield (LL3.7) - If you haven't seen a larger piece or a good photo of one; time to change that! 5) Bensour (LL6) - As fresh dramatic as it gets. Whitish matrix with jet black fusion crust! Too cool! Looking forward to hearing some responses, Jeff Kuyken I.M.C.A. #3085 www.meteoritesaustralia.com (P.S. It's not as easy as you think!) __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
