[meteorite-list] Hammer Question

From: Greg Stanley <stanleygregr_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:53:04 -0700
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How about if a hammer is when a meteorite actually "damages" something.? I know all the high valued "Hammer" stones are ones the causes damage to some man-made object: a mailbox, a car or a roof (ceiling).? If a meteorite his a driveway and there is no damage to it or the stone.... hmmm....

But like so many things, it all depends on what someone is willing to pay.

Greg S.

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> Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:10:16 -0700
> From: damoclid at yahoo.com
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Hammer Question
>
> Hey Eric,
>
> I think you and I are looking at this question coming from rather different directions.
>
> Your post is about valuation of hammers, and my post is about a definition, a subject which you kind of give short shrift to by saying we could get too "anal"ytical about.
>
> To me, the thing that gets hammered, is irrelevant if the definition is so broad as to be nearly meaningless. To also include all the stones in a fall as part of a "hammer fall" seems ridiculously broad, to me that is. 100,000 stones fall, but a single 1g frag bounces against barn, so all the other 99,999 have been made "more special" in some way?
>
> If that's what some collectors believe, that's fine with me. Again, that isn't my area of collecting.
>
> I agree it is up to the collector to place a value on the hammer, depending on what object was struck, where it was located, and the story and or media coverage about the strike, but that is a different topic. One of valuation, not the definition of what a hammer is.
>
>
> --
> Richard Kowalski
> Full Moon Photography
> IMCA #1081are hammers. That to me is not
>> really a question.
>>
>> The question is how much more is a hammer stone "worth" if
>> it hit a shed (regardless of building materials) versus it
>> hitting a dirt road or even a paved road. Colletors
>> will probably not care much if it hits a road unless there's
>> history surrounding it. Now, if the hammer in question hits
>> a mailbox, then it's probably "worth" what someone will pay
>> for it. Simple.
>>
>> It would be up to the dealer who sells the meteorite as a
>> hammer as long as he/she explains what the "hammer stone"
>> impacted and the circumstances surrounding it, and then only
>> if the the dealer is honest with the collector/buyer, and
>> the collector/buyer chooses to spend more on it because it
>> hit something man-made would it be worth more.
>>
>> If being a hammer stone means a meteorite was worth less no
>> one would care what constitutes a hammer.
>>
>> The valuation is the degree of perceived importance.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Eric Wichman
>> Meteorites USA
>> www.meteoritesusa.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 6/15/2010 11:52 PM, Shawn Alan wrote:
>>> Hello Listers,
>>>
>>> Now I have a good question about hammer meteorite
>> falls. It is said that a meteorite fall is a hammer fall if
>> it hits something that is man made. Now if a meteorite lands
>> on the surface of a serviced dirt road, a road made by man
>> from dirt, rocks, oil to coat the road, or other processes
>> to maintain the dirt road, wouldn't that constitute as being
>> a hammer fall?
>>>
>>> Shawn Alan
>>> IMCA 1633
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