Yes. We all all excited to head back to Europe for fine food, fine drink, and fine meteorite friends. Some fine treasure will be icing on the cake:)
I will attend as usual and same as Greg, any requests for material should be made now. I plan on traveling light this year. Michael Farmer Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 13, 2014, at 4:15 PM, Greg Hupé via Meteorite-list > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello All, > > In just a few short days some of us will start making or way to Europe and > congregate at the Ensisheim and Sainte Marie aux Mines shows. I am looking > forward to seeing many of my friends there, Ensisheim has always been my > favorite show when it comes down to pure meteorites, no beads or junk, just > meteorites and fun meteorite people! I am not sure what I am bringing to > offer for sale yet, so if I have anything that you may be interested in, > please send me an email and I will do my best to bring anything of interest. > > Here is a little Ensisheim history to get warmed up by... > > Ensisheim meteorite... > > ...a meteorite whose descent from the sky onto a wheat field in Alsace (now > part of France) in 1492 is one of the earliest instances of a meteorite fall > on record. Maximillian I, who was proclaimed Holy Roman emperor soon > afterward, assembled his council to determine the significance of this event; > their verdict was that the meteorite was a favorable omen for success in > Maximilian’s wars with France and Turkey. Accordingly, Maximilian ordered > the Ensisheim stone to be placed with an appropriate inscription in the local > parish church. The meteorite was fixed to the wall with iron crampons to > prevent it from wandering at night or departing in the same violent manner in > which it had arrived. It resides in the town of Ensisheim today, although > visitors in the intervening centuries chipped off all but 56 kg (123 pounds) > of its original 127-kg mass. > > See you at the show!! > > Best Regards, > Greg > > ==================== > Greg Hupé > The Hupé Collection > [email protected] > www.NaturesVault.net (Online Catalog & Reference Site) > www.LunarRock.com (Online Planetary Meteorite Site) > NaturesVault (Facebook, Pinterest & eBay) > http://www.facebook.com/NaturesVault > http://pinterest.com/NaturesVault > IMCA 3163 > ==================== > Click here for my current eBay auctions: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
