Holy
Grail Find and Bob Haag's Venus Stone
This is one very special nice example of a
flight-oriented meteorite, where the rule applies:
NEVER EVER cut specimen like these just for the sake
of getting some classification data! Why? Because a
cut would destroy the character
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[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
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[Classification] could be done on the quite
unspectacular backside of the stone
Hello Moni and List,
Wed, 14 Apr 1999, Dave Andrews wrote to the List:
Hi List, The Adamana or Venus Stone was found in the Adamana landfill.
Near the Petrified Forest/Painted Desert boundary. (about 15 miles NE of
Holbrook on I-40). Evidently someone just didn't want it anymore or didn't
know
I am also the lucky owner of one of those Venus stone casts from Bob Haag.
Beautiful! And you know why he called this one the Venus stone..?? :-)
This is one very special nice example of a flight-oriented meteorite, where the
rule applies: NEVER EVER cut specimen like these just for the sake of
HeheheJohnny B should know better than to listen to me. ;-) That
story was conveyed to me by a person who lived in Adamana a few years
ago. He has since passed away. Also, it's the Goodwater area instead
of Goodman. Anyway, this gentleman told me that they used some of the
old
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Larry's Holbrook Holy Grail Find and Bob
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Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:47:33 -0700
HeheheJohnny B should know better than to listen to me
Thanks Ruben,
for the clarification about Larry's find looking like
a typical Holbrook in the interior.
My curiosity was piqued when I saw the first images of
Larry's find, because a portion of the surface that
wasn't covered in fusion crust looked like chondrules
that were weathering out of the
.
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Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:34:30 +0100
From: Alexander Seidel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Larry's Holbrook Holy
Grail Find and Bob Haag's Venus Stone
This is one very special nice example of a
flight-oriented meteorite, where the rule applies:
NEVER EVER cut
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