I too started my meteorite journey in 1996. A few here may remember the late Robert Szep who was a real character and who loved meteorites. I purchased a nice El Hammami slice off him which is still in my collection. I think it was just a few years later when I purchased a nice Allende individual from Mike Farmer as I started in ernest to grow my collection.
Wow how the time flies! Best Wishes for the new year Mike (tett) Tettenborn Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada > On Dec 27, 2015, at 8:38 PM, Tommy via Meteorite-list > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi to all, > > I started collecting in 1998 with a 154 Canyon Diablo bought from Ron > Ferrell. > > Regards! > > Tom > > > On 12/27/2015 08:11 PM, J Sinclair via Meteorite-list wrote: >> Hello All, >> >> 20 years. >> >> I noticed while looking at Matt Morgan's web site, he writes >> "established in 1996" >> The Meteorite Exchange site says "Impacting the Meteorite World Since 1996" >> >> Did anyone else start collecting in '96. If not then... when? and why? >> Many dealers and collectors were active before '96 and many more after. >> >> In August 1996 I read on the front page of the local NC (Greensboro >> Daily News) newspaper that NASA had found a possible life form in a >> Martian meteorite found in Antarctica - Allan Hills 84001. This was >> announcing there was life elsewhere in the Universe. >> >> I figured people would want meteorites. I was already selling gems and >> minerals at shows and had seen meteorites for sale in Tucson and >> Denver. I had meteorites before the end of the year. The fist ones >> were mailed from a dealer in Mexico - Tolucas, then Gibeon from the >> S.African dealers Karl and Clive. Next was Esquel from Bob Haag. I >> nearly sold out the first show I offered meteorites. >> >> It was ALH 84001 that started it for me. How about the rest of you? >> >> See you in Tucson. >> >> John >> MeteoriteUSA.com >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the >> Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the > Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
