[meteorite-list] Tucson Show featured on "The Desert Speaks"

From: Linton Rohr <lintonius_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 19:56:42 -0700
Message-ID: <D56D520A252342DDACE90FF43E375E65_at_D190TH71>

Thanks Brian.
I wish I could have caught that.
I'll watch for it in the future.
Linton

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> Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 02:19:59 -0500
> From: "Brian Cox" <searchingforfun at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Tucson Show, featured on "The Desert Speaks"
> a repeat tonight from 2006, on one of my local PBS stations with Bob
> Haag
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> I Just watched the Desert Speaks on PBS, it was a show from 2006, with the
> host David Yetman and they were in Tucson. They did different sections of
> the 30 minute show. They showed meteorites and were at the home of Bob
> Haag, and David said he was the most well known person in the meteorite
> collecting world, "The King of Meteorites" I do believe they called him.
> He
> was showing the host how to use his metal detector to hunt for meteorites
> and the different kinds of meteorites, some from Argentina, Kansas, Russia
> and other countries around the world. He showed the beautiful peridot in
> pallasite meteorites and showed how to cut and polish a meteorite. Then
> they
> were walking around the Tucson show looking at fossils and then went to
> Wyoming to hunt for fossils and then showed petrified wood and then cut
> away
> to travel near the Petrified Forest and the land of the owners of a large
> petrified wood shop where they were using a back hoe to dig out petrified
> wood and polish it and make it into bookends and table tops. It was a
> great
> show.
>
> Bob Haag ended the show with the host David as they were walking with the
> metal detector as the credits rolled. Look for this 2006 show on your
> local
> PBS stations. It was a fitting show to be on tonight with all of the talk
> about the Tucson Show. One thing we have to remember about meteorites is
> that any irons would surely start to rust if not treated in a humid
> climate
> or near the ocean. Tucson and anyplace in the desert that is dry is the
> perfect place for meteorites. They could easily move the fossils,
> petrified
> wood, minerals and gems to about any location anywhere in the world, but
> we
> also have to remember that flying to Hawaii or anyplace that you can't
> load
> up your RV, truck, camper or car is going to be very, very expensive since
> you can't bring large stones as carry on luggage, since they think they
> may
> be used as weapons and shipping costs could get expensive from some of the
> areas that are being mentioned.
Received on Fri 09 Oct 2009 10:56:42 PM PDT