[meteorite-list] Is there a Main Mass list?

From: Frank Cressy <fcressy_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:10:12 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <1327421412.46864.YahooMailRC_at_web180906.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>

Hi Bob and all,

I believe you?misinterpreted the Rocks From Space Picture of the Day?about Jim
having the New Concord main mass and he would be the first to say so.? The main
mass of New Concord weighs 103 pounds (46.8 kg) and is in the collection at
Marietta College, Ohio.? In fact, Jim has photos of this mass on his website.?
He does have an extremely?nice specimen with a lot of history.

All the best,

Frank



----- Original Message ----
From: Bob Loeffler <bobl at peaktopeak.com>
To: Meteorite List <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tue, January 24, 2012 7:08:01 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Is there a Main Mass list?

Hi list,

After looking at Jim Strope?s photos of the New Concord main mass (Rocks
from Space Picture of the Day a couple days ago) that he got in a trade with
ASU (my alma mater; Go Sun Devils!), I thought of a question:

Who has the most main masses in their collection?? Of course, I thought of
people like Bob Haag, Mike Farmer, etc and museums like the Smithsonian,
ASU, etc.

Has anyone ever put together such a list?? Because of trading, the list
might be hard to keep updated, but maybe not since main masses are coveted
and might not be passed around too much.? For new falls, the main mass will
change as newer/bigger pieces are found, but I would think "someone in the
know" could put together the list, or at least start it.

If nobody has such a list, maybe the Meteoritical Bulletin Database could
have a few more fields added for easy searching.? Fields such as Main Mass
Weight, Main Mass Owner and Main Mass Image (for the best photo of the main
mass), and then the Owner field could be easily changed if the Meteoritical
Society finds out that the main mass was sold/traded to someone else.?
Anyway, just a thought.

In case you are wondering, I have no main masses in my collection.? :-(

Regards,
Bob L.


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