Yeah. Watch out for meteorite totin' hippies. Hippie tramps are thieves, (sing to the tune of Gypsys Tramps And Thieves by Cher).
--------------------------------------- > From: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 11:45:32 -0700 > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Burning Man Meteorite > > Hippies do strange things. > > >> On Sep 20, 2013, at 11:11, "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi List, >> >> I talked to one of my old high-school friends today and he told me >> something interesting that I did not know. >> >> He goes to Burning Man every year and the last time he went, he >> learned that each Burning Man has a large iron meteorite in the base >> that supports the Man. After they burn him, they sift through the >> ashes and recover the meteorite to be used again. >> >> I asked him what kind of meteorite it was, and he said that it was >> Chinese and over 500 years old, and that was all he knew. Well, it's >> obviously a Nantan, and I guess I don't have a problem with >> mistreating that meteorite since Nantans are so common. Heck, it >> might not even be a real meteorite, if they bought it off eBay, given >> the high number of bogus Nantans offered there by sellers in China. >> >> Was anyone else aware of this Burning Man tradition involving the >> meteorite? And if so, are there any details available regarding the >> source of the meteorite, the size, etc? >> >> Best regards, >> >> MikeG >> >> -- >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com >> Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone >> Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone >> Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
