What a nice gesture Shawn, congrats :-) As a collector with one of my focuses being UK and Irish meteorites i fully appreciate the rarity and historical value of High Possil! Peter, you must now be very happy to have a piece in the National Museums Scotland collection :-)
Cheers Martin On 25/01/2013, Peter Davidson <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear List Members > > I would like to bring to the attention of the list, news of a wonderful > piece of generosity. Mr Shawn A Rinoehl (who signs off as Shawn Alan) of > Brooklyn, NYC has very kindly donated a fragment of the High Possil > meteorite which fell near Glasgow, Scotland in April 1804. This piece of L6 > Chondrite may not have the status of a Martian or Carbonaceous Chondrite, > but to me it is of vital importance. This now means that we have in our > collection, fragments of three of the four known Scottish meteorites. The > only one missing now is the Perth fall (LL5 Ordinary Chondrite, May 1830). > > I have of course thanked Shawn off list and asked his permission to make my > gratitude and his generosity much more public through the MetList. > > Thank you Shawn > > Have a great weekend everyone > > Peter Davidson > Curator of Minerals > > National Museums Collection Centre > 242 West Granton Road > Edinburgh > EH5 1JA > 00 44 131 247 4283 > [email protected] > > > Vikings! Discover their untold story in a new exhibition of treasures. > National Museum of Scotland, 18 January – 12 May. Book now > www.nms.ac.uk/vikings > > National Museums Scotland, Scottish Charity, No. SC 011130 > This communication is intended for the addressee(s) only. If you are not the > addressee please inform the sender and delete the email from your system. > The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the > author and do not necessarily reflect those of National Museums Scotland. > This message is subject to the Data Protection Act 1998 and Freedom of > Information (Scotland) Act 2002. No liability is accepted for any harm that > may be caused to your systems or data by this message. > -- Martin Goff www.msg-meteorites.co.uk IMCA #3387 ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
