[meteorite-list] Meteorite or Meteorwrong Display

[David Freeman]

Dear Listees;
As you have recently seen on the list, there is always someone needing more information on meteorwrong and meteorite identification. I have just taken some of my meteorites (meager small things that they are) and some of my beautifully classic meteorwrongs (massive magnetite, 3 pound steam locomotive clinkers, ironized sandstone nodules) and some neat books, Cosmos by Sagan, Rocks From Space, O. Richard Norton, Bob Haag's Catalogue of Meteorites and put them in a very nice display case at the local library. Of the 30 or so rocks in the case, 8 are meteorites, the rest are great examples of close-to-be examples of meteorites. The small contest is to guess the correct number of real meteorites. Prize is a small slice of Gibeon.
I will be speaking this coming Tuesday evening at the library about meteorites and even identifying samples that are brought in. The two local newspapers will be running feature articles and even a photo or two.
For all of you out there in meteorite land, there is a great deal of inter satisfaction related to giving back to one's community by doing things like this little show and tell display and public meeting. I encourage all who are looking for something to do this winter to get involved...and maybe get a shot at brokering a new meteorite find, or helping out with a new strewnfield documentation...or just letting adults act like kids when they get to hold a real meteorite.
It is great fun, and kids have eyes as big as grapefruits when they hold a real meteorite in their hands. Try your favorite library. I spent forty-five minutes and have a better looking and more functional display than the traveling NASA display presently at the same library.
Their flier says "Meteorites are magnetic" So, I have a nice piece of lodestone with some paper clips on it to confuse those lucky meteorite guessers, lots of fun for all.
Very best, 71 degrees presently, and clear in Tucson
Dave Freeman

"Apply your mind to at least one problem which has never been solved, which in general is considered impossible of solution, but which, being solved, would help humanity. Do with your life something that has never been done, but which you feel needs doing"...Harvey Harlow Nininger


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