[meteorite-list] Larry's Holbrook Holy Grail Find and BobHaag's Venus Stone

From: Howard Steffic <bencubbin_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 14:04:12 -0700
Message-ID: <BAY127-F40700BBF54BA56C9A2A6A1B78E0_at_phx.gbl>

I heard that Robert Haag sold the Venus stone. So, I guess he can't get it
classified even if he wanted to now.


Howard Steffic





>From: Robert Verish <bolidechaser at yahoo.com>
>To: Meteorite-list Meteoritecentral <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>CC: Alexander Seidel <gsac at gmx.net>
>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Larry's Holbrook Holy Grail Find and
>BobHaag's Venus Stone
>Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:37:43 -0800 (PST)
>
>------------------ Original Message -----------------
>[meteorite-list] Larry's Holbrook Holy Grail Find and
>Bob Haag's Venus Stone
>Alexander Seidel gsac at gmx.net
>Fri Feb 23 13:11:02 EST 2007
>
>++++++++++++++++...
>
>[Classification] could be done on the quite
>unspectacular backside of the stone.
>Do you know why Bob Haag doesn?t want this to be
>done? Perhaps this may have to do with the
>ongoing Holbrook discussion in a way...
>
>Best wishes,
>Alex
>Berlin/Germany
>------------- End of Original Message --------------
>
>Good question, Alex!
>
>I don't see a down side for Bob Haag should he get his
>"Venus Stone" classified. The odds that the results
>would show his stone is not paired to Holbrook look
>quite good, and then Bob would find himself again the
>sole owner of a unique Arizona meteorite.
>Wouldn't that be a plus?
>
>But, maybe there is a down side. Maybe if it is shown
>to be "not paired" to Holbrook, then its provenance
>may become unsettled.
>
>That's why I hope that another piece can be
>independently found. Then we could get the name
>Adamana (or Goodwater Ranch) approved and finally get
>this in the books as an official Arizona meteorite.
>
>Bob V.
>P.S. - I'm still looking for better images of the back
>side of the "Venus Stone" in order to compare it to
>images of large Holbrook stones with exposed,
>weathered interior surfaces, but this is all that I
>could find:
>
>http://www.meteorman.org/Adamana.JPG
>
>http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2003/October/holbrook.jpg
>
>http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2004/December/holbrook.jpg
>
>http://www.meteorite.com/gallery/mh_holbrook.jpg
>
>http://www.nyrockman.com/gallery-pics/holbrook-1950.jpg
>
>http://www.nyrockman.com/gallery-pics/holbrook-546.jpg
>
>http://www.meteoriteimpact.com/images/holb.jpg
>
>http://www.turnstone.ca/holbroo2.jpg
>
>http://miac.uqac.ca/MIAC/26.jpg
>
><http://www.planetarium.montreal.qc.ca/Information/Expo_Meteorites/Images/fiches/image_holbrook1.jpg>
>
><http://www.carionmineraux.com/meteorite/meteorite_musee/holbrook_musee_1.jpg>
>
><http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/icons/main/14.jpg>
>
>
>
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Received on Fri 23 Feb 2007 04:04:12 PM PST