Hi This is the Museum most of Darryl's tektites went to http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2010/pdf/5366.pdf via The Tektite Source.
A few pieces went to the Corning Museum of Glass (including the largest splashform in the world at the time - now 3rd largest). You can find these online. Some were sold via the meteorite exchange. Labels here: http://www.tektites.co.uk/tektite-labels.html Regards, Aubrey ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Blood <[email protected]> To: Phil Morgan <[email protected]>; Met. Michael Gilmer <[email protected]> Cc: Meteorite List <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, 14 August 2012, 14:43 Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Darryl Futrell (+) (also, question about Futrell Collection) Hi Phil, Michael & all, Paul may want to correct me, but I believe he and Jim purchased Darryl's entire collection in the later part of the 1990s, which served to "launch" the formation of THE METEORITE EXCHANGE. Paul and Jim Were very generous in their sales of Darryl's tektites, as they have always Been in every business interaction as long as I have known them. I doubt You could find a single person with whom they have done business that Would not say the same thing. These are the people who offer free advertizing "meteorite classified ads" to everyone and who publish METEORITE TIMES - again, free of charge. Darryl was at most of their Tektite Parties and I am fortunate to have a couple of nice photos from what was likely the last one he attended In the year 2000. (Note also the quality of digital photography twelve years ago) http://michaelbloodmeteorites.com/DarrylFutrell.html Thanks to Paul and Jim for such great memories on top of everything Else they have given. Hope you all enjoy the photos, Michael On 8/13/12 1:48 PM, "Phil Morgan" <[email protected]> wrote: > Mike, > I believe his collection went to a museum but Norm (tektitesource) > doesn't name it on his site. > see here: http://www.tektitesource.com/Futrell%20Collection.html for details. > > Jim and Paul (http://www.meteorites-for-sale.com/) have had some > Futrell pieces in the past but haven't checked lately. > > Darryl was certainly a passionate and interesting man. I was never > able to meet him but corresponded with him a bit and he was kind > enough to send me a corrected copy of his Rock & Gem articles with > lots of hand-written notes and additional photos. > > Regards, > Phil > > > On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 2:07 PM, MikeG <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Gang, >> >> I echo the sentiments in the original post. I never met the man, but >> I have heard much about him. I am curious. What happened to his >> collection after his passing? >> >> And, did he ever paint labels onto his specimens? I am selling a >> collection for a friend, and it has some superb-quality tektites in >> it. Some of the tektites have painted labels on them, and we cannot >> identify the label. It would be great if these were Futrell >> specimens, but that is probably just wishful thinking. >> >> Lastly, does anyone have a link to a hi-res photo of his famous >> tektite lamp? I have a low-res version, but I love to see something >> hi-res that really shows the detail. >> >> Best regards, >> >> MikeG >> >> -- >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com/ >> Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone >> Twitter - http://twitter.com/GalacticStone >> RSS - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> On 8/13/12, Daniel <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I wish I could have met him! >>> >>> >>> >>> Daniel S. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Aug 13, 2012, at 2:34 PM, "Bernd V. 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