[meteorite-list] Meteorite "Hammers": an additive list

From: M come Meteorite Meteorites <mcomemeteorite2004_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Sep 20 14:09:58 2006
Message-ID: <20060920121558.37407.qmail_at_web26211.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

here what I have

Peekskill
New Orleans
Nakhla
Valera
Wold Cottage
New Concord
Strathmore
Juancheng
Thuathe
Mbale
Murchison
Holbrook
Chiang Khan
Claxton
Park Forest
Kunashak
Hamlet
Kendrapara
Barbotan
Portales Valley
Moss
La Criolla
Allende
Gao
Johnstown

Matteo
--- Zelimir Gabelica <Zelimir.Gabelica_at_uha.fr> ha
scritto:

> Hi Michael, list,
>
> Meteorite hammers: what a passionate topic! I
> understand your excitement so
> well...
>
> Just to recall that in June 2005, in Ensisheim, we
> have featured, as
> general thematics, "meteorite hammers" as well.
>
> There was an exhibit showing data, pictures....
> along with meteorite
> samples (my collection) of the following falls
> (disordered list):
> I indicate damage only for those not listed on your
> site (underlined):
>
> Braunau (buildings)
> Peekskill
> Pantar (buildings)
> New Orleans
> Pillistfer
> Nakhla
> Ausson (building)
> Valera
> Macau (cattle killed, homes damaged)
> Eichst?dt (don't remember right now...help ?)
> Wold Cottage (a farmer was struck by mud and earth
> as the falling meteorite
> was being burried into ground)
> New Concord
> Kiel (roof)
> Strathmore (roof)
> Juancheng
> Thuathe (roof and furniture)
> Mbale
> Murchison
> Holbrook
> Monahans 1998 (hole on a basket ball field next to
> boys playing)
> Chiang Khan
> Claxton
> Tunguska (only cut wood shown - 4 men reported in
> local newspapers to have
> been killed ...)
> Murray (several buildings)
> Talampaya ("almost" killed a climber...therefore not
> really a killer)
> Park Forest
> Kunashak
> Canon City - here I showed my 5.27 g crusted piece
> with museum (collection
> ?) N? "5190" painted on specimen
> Bovedy
> Haver? (farm - see Pekka's post)
> Yurtuk
> Barwell
> Hamlet
>
> 3 other metorites were pictured and documented but
> no true examples were
> shown (I have not them in collection). These were
>
> Benld (car, garage)
> Worden (car)
> Auckland (roof, furniture...)
>
> I learned from your site that Plainview, Portales
> Valley, Johnstown,
> Allende (!) and Nuevo Mercurio were also "hammers"
> of which I have samples
> that could have beed added to the exhibit.
>
> I have no representative of Richarrdton, Sylacauga
> and Burnwell in
> collection....
>
> I have more details on some of the above, if needed.
> We can stay in touch
> off list unless it is felt that such info is of
> general interest.
>
> I hope this post can reach the list. I was
> deconnected (accidentally) for
> months. I recently subscribed again and this is the
> first contact
> trial....cross the fingers!
>
> My best wishes to all
>
> Zelimir
>
>
>
>
>
> A 02:09 19/09/2006 -0700, Michael L Blood a ?crit :
> >Hi All,
> > About 7 years ago I stumbled upon a page
> in the web site of Walter
> >Branch. The page was a listing of all meteorites
> reported to have struck
> >something when they fell to earth - some man made
> object, animal, or
> >even a human being (such as the case of Sylacauga).
> > I immediately found myself entranced by
> these very special
> >meteorites and began collecting as many of these
> extraordinary falls as
> >possible. I had already been collecting meteorites
> for many years, but this
> >"new" realm had an entrancing effect on me like
> none other before, with
> >the possible exception of the obsession I developed
> to collect and offer
> >every non-Antarctic SNC when there were only 6 of
> them known at the
> >time (though only 4 had ever been available when I
> started).
> > I read more and more, found other lists,
> began collecting photos,
> >and, of course, buying at least a collection
> specimen of everything I could
> >lay my hands on. In fact, I was so amazed at how
> difficult it was to find
> >these precious rarities after the first dozen or
> so, I began in earnest to
> >buy all the material I could find of the most rare
> varieties rarely seen
> >(and I DON'T mean "rarely seen" as the term is used
> in eBay ads!)
> > It has taken me well over 5 years to
> accumulate the stock I have
> >built up and I have spent the last several months
> putting together a
> >web site that not only lists each of the falls I
> offer in this rare
> >category, but in most instances shows a photo or
> two of the building, car,
> >roof, barn, mailbox, etc. actually struck by the
> meteorite.
> > These are the car bashers, mailbox
> crunchers, house smashers, animal
> >killers and human maulers. This is the real rogues
> gallery of the meteorite
> >world.
> > You are all invited to drop in and take a
> look see. I kept waiting
> >and waiting to "open" this site because I always
> have one or two things
> >"on the way" - but with over 30 falls represented,
> I decided I would use
> >my 60th birthday as an excuse to launch this puppy.
> > I am indebted to numerous people
> including, but not limited to,
> >Walter Branch, Martin Horejsi, Bob Walker, Robert
> Haag, Edwin Thompson,
> >Al Lang, and the list goes on & on. I hope you
> enjoy what you see. Many of
> >the photos took many, many hours of research - and
> some of those were the
> >easier ones to find.
> > There are links to dozens of videos of the
> Peekskill fireball, a
> >photo of .... oh, well, just go there for
> yourselves. Check it all out at:
> >
> >http://www.michaelbloodmeteorites.com/Hammers.html
> >
> > This site will be obsessively kept up to
> date in terms of stock
> >availability. I know I haven't always done this in
> my regular catalog, but
> >this page will be updated with each and every sale
> and all new material
> >as it comes in on a daily basis.
> > Can you tell I am excited about it?
> > Best wishes, Michael
> >PS: If you have or know of any applicable material
> not on my site that is
> >available for mere money, please let me know. I
> will give anyone a nice
> >"finder's fee" for any material I end up purchasing
> as a result of a lead
> >given to me.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >______________________________________________
> >Meteorite-list mailing list
> >Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
>
>http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
>
> Prof. Zelimir Gabelica
> Universit? de Haute Alsace
>
=== message truncated ===


M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato
Via Triestina 126/A - 30030 - TESSERA, VENEZIA, ITALY
Email: mcomemeteorite2004_at_yahoo.it
Sale Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.it
Collection Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.info
MSN Messanger: spacerocks at hotmail.com
EBAY.COM:http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/mcomemeteorite/

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Poco spazio e tanto spam? Yahoo! Mail ti protegge dallo spam e ti da tanto spazio gratuito per i tuoi file e i messaggi
http://mail.yahoo.it
Received on Wed 20 Sep 2006 08:15:58 AM PDT