Re: [meteorite-list] Oman trip story

2005-03-14 Thread Bill Southern
Thank you Eric for sharing your Oman trip! Great reading and nice finds! Bill S. Everybody seems to enjoy meteorite hunting tales so here is one from my just completed trip to Oman with Mike Farmer and Jim Strope. It was a good trip for me. I found a HUGE piece of Mike's lunar, a

Re: [meteorite-list] Oman trip story

2005-03-14 Thread Gerald Flaherty
Eric, Thanks for sharing the details of your adventures in Oman. Congradulations on your finds! Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 8:41 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Oman trip story

[meteorite-list] Oman trip story

2005-03-13 Thread star-bits
Everybody seems to enjoy meteorite hunting tales so here is one from my just completed trip to Oman with Mike Farmer and Jim Strope. It was a good trip for me. I found a HUGE piece of Mike's lunar, a whopping 3.1 grams. OK, OK, maybe not huge, and not too pretty with none of the

Re: [meteorite-list] Oman trip story

2005-03-13 Thread JKGwilliam
Eric, Thanks for the great story of your recent trip. I do enjoy the pictures of the meteorites, but the story is the best part. Best, JKG At 06:41 PM 3/13/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Everybody seems to enjoy meteorite hunting tales so here is one from my just completed trip to Oman with

Re: [meteorite-list] Oman trip story

2005-03-13 Thread Michael Farmer
Hi everyone, it was a great trip, lots of fun and some problems to boot. I have been extremely sick since friday, in bed last two days with the worst flu I have ever seen. I was in Business class from Zurich to Dallas, and most of the people were contractors returning from Iraq, and all were

Re: [meteorite-list] Oman trip story

2005-03-13 Thread Norman Lehrman
One more thank you!, Eric. When we reflect that just a few short years ago, before Nininger began his audacious quest, such a story was unthinkable. Now we can sort through boxes of meteorites at absurddly low prices, but shouldn't forget that every single bit has a story behind it, the