[meteorite-list] NWA meteorites blessing or omen ?
From: Simon de Boer <sbdeboer_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:54:04 2004 Message-ID: <01c1b431$50592060$0100007f_at_default> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01C1B407.67831860 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Edward and List : I am a junior and amateur collector. I've = been interested in meteorites for as long as I can remember = searching fields , rock piles wondering how I might wish a = star to fall on my property. Having finally accumulated numerous = specimens I sent pieces to Robt Haag who called me on the phone = with the discouraging news that none of what I had a ton of = beside my gas barrel was meteorite. =20 At that point I did as Robt said and got Richard Nortons = book and educated myself somewhat. I met a few helpful dealers , = collectors, and got to look at the real thing. It was like a = starved soul to be able to purchase pieces of meteorite at such = reasonable prices and study them for myself. No it wasn t the = dollars for me that I could make on them , I was just glad = to buy them for what I could get them If I had to pay what = some have paid to have a few grams of rare individuals I wouldn t = have any today . I have shared pieces with many people who = would otherwise been like me ignorant about what a meteorite = looks and feels like. I can now bring and even give some = to farmers and friends who otherwise would never even see the = real thing much less care, but they marvel when they get to = touch what we now take for granted.=20 I spend hours looking over and over at all the variety = of specimens I have from NWA and anyone who is interested can = actually come and enjoy them also. I ve been asked if I can = show what I have at the local fall fair I think its an excellent = idea to bring them into schools and let childrens hold a star = first hand and not look at it in a museum for 5 seconds and never = experience them. the beauty of nature ought not be locked up = and hoarded by those who can afford high priced ones alone = ..There is lots to go around I m so thankful the price was in = range where I didn t hesitate to get some rather than just = keep looking and hoping someday to find one . Blessing UNWA = for me perhaps someday I ll get some pieces classified and = donate my 20 grams to the cause also without regret. I agree that perhaps alot more pairing could have been = done I t could have been picked up more scientifically but it = didn t happen and we won t turn back time to undo what has = been done Make the best of the opportunity , I believe I'm = doing that and there is nothing stopping anyone else either If I = don t avail myself of it someone else will =20 Simon =20 ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01C1B407.67831860 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.2106.6"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2> Edward and = List =20 : I am a junior and amateur = collector. =20 I've been interested in meteorites for as long = as=20 I can remember searching fields , = rock =20 piles wondering how I might wish = a =20 star to fall on my property. Having finally=20 accumulated numerous specimens I sent = pieces =20 to Robt Haag who called me on the = phone with=20 the discouraging news that none of what I=20 had a ton of beside my gas = barrel =20 was meteorite. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2> = At that=20 point I did as Robt said and got Richard=20 Nortons book and educated myself = somewhat. =20 I met a few helpful dealers , collectors, =20 and got to look at the real thing. It was =20 like a starved soul to be able to = purchase =20 pieces of meteorite at such = reasonable =20 prices and study them for = myself. =20 No it wasn t the dollars for me that = I =20 could make on them , I was = just =20 glad to buy them for what I could get = them =20 If I had to pay what some have = paid to=20 have a few grams of rare individuals = I=20 wouldn t have any today . = I have=20 shared pieces with many people who would =20 otherwise been like me ignorant about what = a =20 meteorite looks and feels =20 like. I can now bring = and =20 even give some to farmers and friends =20 who otherwise would never even see the = real=20 thing much less care, but they = marvel =20 when they get to touch what we now take for = granted.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2> = I =20 spend hours looking over and over = at =20 all the variety of specimens I have = from =20 NWA and anyone who is = interested =20 can actually come and enjoy them = also. =20 I ve been asked if I can show what I = have=20 at the local fall fair I think its an excellent = idea=20 to bring them into schools and let = childrens hold=20 a star first hand and not look at it in = a =20 museum for 5 seconds and never experience =20 them. the beauty of nature ought not = be =20 locked up and hoarded by those who = can =20 afford high priced ones alone = ..There=20 is lots to go around I m so = thankful =20 the price was in range where I didn = t =20 hesitate to get some rather = than =20 just keep looking and hoping someday = to find one . Blessing UNWA for=20 me perhaps someday I ll =20 get some pieces classified and = donate =20 my 20 grams to the cause also = without =20 regret.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 = size=3D2> =20 I agree that perhaps alot more pairing = could have=20 been done I t could have been picked = up more scientifically but it didn t = happen =20 and we won t turn back time to = undo=20 what has been done Make the = best =20 of the opportunity , I believe I'm doing=20 that and there is nothing stopping anyone else =20 either If I don t avail myself of it = someone=20 else will </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000=20 size=3D2> &nbs= p;  = ; =20 Simon </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01C1B407.67831860-- Received on Tue 12 Feb 2002 08:54:01 PM PST |
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