All it took was a little 3.8 gram L4 (Dalgety Downs) from Mike and I got hooked. It was a few minutes from closing on ebay with no bids, and I remember thinking "why wouldn't anybody want to own a rock from space?" For me, the novelty of owning one has never disappeared.
My best "find" was a
Fred Olsen wrote:
a traveling rock salesman stopped at my rock shop The Quarry
in Gainesville, Florida in the spring of 1969. This gentleman
(I wish I knew his name) had just driven in an old stationwagon
from Mexico with a load of minerals from the mines and a box
of fresh meteorites from
I've always been into cool looking rocks for as long
as I can remember. My collection of rocks got a little
big by the time I was about 10 and my mum threw out
some cause she thought I wouldn't notice! I DID! (The
next day! After the rubbish had gone of course!) My
favourite rock went. A black
world gold!!
Best wishes,
Vincent Jacques
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My first meteorite was not actually a &qu
: Thursday, January 03, 2002 10:07 PM
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My first meteorite was purchased at Flandreau Planetarium in 1987, I was
15
years old. It was an 80 gram Canyon Diablo, $20.00. I still have it. After
that I never thought again about meteorites, until 1995
Dear Listees,
My first meteorite was found originally by the Native Americans and then later
found by my Great Grandfather. When I was about five, I
remember trying to break the Potter meteorite to see what was so special inside.
Then, when 30 something taking my son of four to an unknown
Dear list and collectors;
My first piece of meteorite was a 135 gram specimen of canyon diablo
that I purchased ($135) from my newly aquainted White's metal detector
dealer...who is now my best buddy in petrified wood and gold nuggets as
well. Oh, the detector isn't too bad either. He lives
PM
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Subject: [meteorite-list] My First Piece
Hello all-
The list seems a bit quiet as the holidays end, associations begin, and
Tucson draws near. I thought I'd fill up some bandwidth with this:
My first meteorite was a 52 gram etched part slice of Gibeon purchased
About a year and a half ago I decided to get my friends some really unique
Christmas gifts -- meteorites! (Don't ask me why; it was a weird impulse)
I had just been introduced to eBay, so I looked up meteorites, and lo and
behold, there were absolutely HUNDREDS of them for sale! I had no idea
I'm continuing to use the same subject heading, but my initial thoughts about
My First Piece were more along the lines of sex and guns. Is my Freudian
slip showing?
Like Bernd, as a child I shivered Christmas night in freezing northern climes
with my new present, a telescope. As far as space
Quite a thread running hear.
My first piece was aquired only 2+ years ago. A neat little 3 gram Allende
end cut from Mike Farmer off ebay. I did trade it away (reluctantly) for an
8 gram LL3 end cut a few months ago. Economically a good deal but still sad
to part with it.
I am as addicted as
Mike Farmer wrote:
After that I never thought again about meteorites, until 1995 at the Tucson Gem show.
Met Bob Haag and bought a piece of Gao, $72.00, my check bounced! Bob
hassled me for a couple of days. The rest is history.
I first realized there were meteorites available when I found a
Hello all,
My first meteorite was a 154 gram Canyon Diablo, purchased in
1988 from (get ready.I was a newcomer remember that folks!)
Bethany sciences. It is one of their sets that came with a wooden
base with plaque and a caliper stand. I paid $80 for it. At the time
they were
My first piece was from Russ Kempton (NEMS) a slice of Allende, I still
have it here
http://www.meteorman.org/Allende-Slice.htm
It was those white chondrules that interested me the most.
He said to meteorites are believed to hold fundamental clues to the
origin of life on Earth -WELL
Hi List,
It's funny the different ways we've all become involved in meteorites. I received
my first two stones for Christmas in 1995. I had been
interested in astronomy for quite a while, and my son thought a couple of meteorites
would make a nice gift that matched my hobby. He got me a
My first meteorite was purchased at Flandreau Planetarium in 1987, I was 15
years old. It was an 80 gram Canyon Diablo, $20.00. I still have it. After
that I never thought again about meteorites, until 1995 at the Tucson Gem
show. Met Bob Haag and bought a piece of Gao, $72.00, my check bounced!
was a 35g etched slice of Gibeon from Alain Carion. Still have
that one, and it looks super.
Matt Morgan
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Colleen
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Mine was a 42 gram slice of Odessa purchased from Russ Kempton (NEMS) back in
June of 1994.
I was looking through the ads is the back of either Astronomy or Sky and
Telescope and saw an ad that said Own a piece of another world..the
very thought boggled my mind (and still does).
Craig
: [meteorite-list] My First Piece
Hello list,
I got my first 'meteorite' when I was in grade 1 (1991-92). The card that
came with it said that it was a meteorite but I know now that it was a
tektite, At least it only cost me as much as a tektite. The next day I
brought it to show-and-tell
Email me your address as well, I'll send ya a couple.
xoxox, MC
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Hello list,
I got my first 'meteorite' when I
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