To have Mirko beat me by only 8 minutes, I consider that reward enough and am happy he won. Congrats Mirko!
Best, Mendy >________________________________ > From: Gary Fujihara <[email protected]> >To: MeteorList <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 12:14 PM >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: Guess that TS and take it home > >Thank you Mirko, for your play-by-play commentary on how you arrived at the >solution. Very … logical (Spock would be proud). > >Mirko Graul guessed the correct answer at 7:25 am HST >Mendy Ouzillou arrived at the same conclusion at 7:43 am HST >Brandon Dunovant derived his solution at 7:45 am HST > >Sorry, no prizes for placing, but Mendy and Brandon definitely get the tip of >my hat on a job well done, and deserve their bragging rights. > >Mahalo again for all who participated and until next time, Rock On! > >Gary Fujihara >Big Kahuna Meteorites >PO Box 4175, Hilo, HI 96720 >(808) 640-9161 >http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/ >http://www.ebay.com/sch/fujmon/m.html > >On Sep 13, 2012, at 9:05 AM, Mirko Graul <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello Gary and List, >> >> wow, since I had been lucky. >> And can not wait to look at the thin section under my microscope. >> Thanks for the great mystery and the thin section Gary. >> >> Yes, how I came to this meteorite? >> I have only seen the hem around the chondrule. >> It was clear to me that there must be a carbonaceous chondrite. >> The chondrule is very well trained and appears to be large. >> Thus, it was unlikely that it could be a CO or CM. >> These are usually very small chondrules, which are not as well defined. >> So for me there was only CV3 or CK3 or CR2 left. >> Since preparing thin sections almost entirely of his own material. >> So I looked at Gary's website, which material was best fit to the chondrule. >> And so I wrote NWA 6957 and had great luck with it! >> >> Best regards and thanks again to Gary, >> >> Mirko >> >> >> >> Mirko Graul Meteorite >> Quittenring.4 >> 16321 Bernau >> GERMANY >> >> Phone: 0049-1724105015 >> E-Mail: [email protected] >> WEB: www.meteorite-mirko.de >> >> Member of The Meteoritical Society >> (International Society for Meteoritics and Planetery Science) >> >> IMCA-Member: 2113 >> (International Meteorite Collectors Association) >> >> Von: Gary Fujihara <[email protected]> >> An: MeteorList <[email protected]> >> Gesendet: 20:13 Donnerstag, 13.September 2012 >> Betreff: [meteorite-list] Fwd: Guess that TS and take it home >> >> We have a Winner! >> >> Actually two people came up with the correct answer, but since my challenge >> stated the "first person who can correctly guess the name of the meteorite", >> the winner (by 8 minutes) is… >> >> … the master purveyor of pristine CV3 and exquisitely etched iron slices, >> Mirko Graul! >> >> Oh, and the answer is … >> >> NWA 6957 CR2 (S2, W2) 256g TKW >> http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/NWA6957.html >> >> ** This meteorite, and several others will be available on my website soon, >> and in my ebay auctions starting this Saturday. Thank you to everyone who >> submitted their guesses and have an onoliciously righteous day! >> >> gary >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >> > From: Gary Fujihara <[email protected]> >> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Guess that TS and take it home >> > Date: September 13, 2012 5:41:48 AM HST >> > To: MeteorList <[email protected]> >> > >> > Aloha listserv members, >> > >> > The Big Kahuna is stoked to announce that a new shipment of expertly >> > prepared thin sections have arrived, and will soon be available online and >> > through ebay sales (fujmon). >> > >> > But in the meantime, BK will give this thin section (in protective case) >> > to the first person who can correctly guess the name of the meteorite from >> > which it was made. Good luck to all the meteorite aficionados! >> > >> > http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/MysteryTS.jpg >> > >> > Gary Fujihara >> > Big Kahuna Meteorites >> > PO Box 4175, Hilo, HI 96720 >> > (808) 640-9161 >> > http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/ >> > http://www.ebay.com/sch/fujmon/m.html >> > >> > ______________________________________________ >> > >> > Visit the Archives at >> > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >> > Meteorite-list mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> >> >> Gary Fujihara >> Big Kahuna Meteorites >> PO Box 4175, Hilo, HI 96720 >> (808) 640-9161 >> http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/ >> http://www.ebay.com/sch/fujmon/m.html >> >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit the Archives at >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> >> > > >______________________________________________ > >Visit the Archives at >http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >Meteorite-list mailing list >[email protected] >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
