apology accepted but way not necessary- as i said you breath life into this list. this whole thing was edutainment in its purest, most refined form. AAA+++. a "short fuse" is not a character flaw, it is an asset. thanx again, good luck , have nice trip back.
>From: Michael Farmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [meteorite-list] Apology to the list from India
>Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 09:09:37 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Ok, it was another hard day in the trenched/sewers
>here. I went back to the fall site, trying to find
>anyone who knew where a specimen was, to no avail.
>So I just get back to the hotel and read the emails,
>and finally realized what a mess this has become.
>I want to apologize to all on the list, for once again
>allowing my short fuse to be lit. All of you who know
>me, know that I am very easily provoked, that is my
>worst weakness, and some have used it against me,
>taunting me and causing me to erupt, making me look
>bad. Well, I do try, but it is a character flaw, which
>is so easily exploited. So I say I am sorry that I
>allowed myself to sink down to that level.
>
>I wanted nothing more than to come here and of course
>do another succesful meteorite fall chase, and tell
>everyone about it. Things turned out poorly, the
>floods covered the meteorites, the rest are locked up
>or lost. I am thrilled to have acqired a tiny piece of
>this meteorite, one which I will look at from time to
>time and remember the beauty and horror of the place
>it fell. That is what meteorites are to me. I really
>could care less about type, i am more interested in
>the story behind each piece. I am preparing to start a
>book about my adventures, of course it will be full of
>stories of the places I have gone, the people behind
>the meteorites. The pink man in Bilanga-Yanga, lying
>in hotel bed puking my guts out in Ouagadougou while
>Bob Haag wanted to go party!, the large piece of
>Ourique that I haggled for 2 hours to get from an old
>man who owned a bar, then his exasperated wife
>grabbing the money and shoving the stone in my hand,
>disbeleiving that her husband would not take my money!
>Nearly stepping on the piece of Portales Valley that I
>found, while Devon Schrader stepped right over it.
>Those are the things that make my meteorites worth
>collecting.
>India will have the top spot, if only I have the small
>13 gram fragment, without even fusion crust that I
>love so much:(
>
>I do not want to see myself tricked into these
>absolutely useless barroom brawls. It was fun with
>Casper, but this is not fun anymore.
>
>
>Anyway, I will write again should something change,
>and to tell what treasures I see in Calcutta.
>I will see many of you in Gifhorn in less than two
>weeks, and Munich in 3 weeks. All of you Germans know
>that I have a fond taste for Bratwurst, if not German
>beer. I cant wait to savor another Kraut and
>wurstschen at Hannover Hauptbahnhof.
>
>By the way, someone asked me to describe the
>meteorite, and it got lost in the other garbage
>spewing from my and others mouths.
>Well here goes.
>
>The Meteorite is a chondrite, almost certainly H5,
>looks identical to Zag inside, large veins and
>brecciation, lots of slickensides. The fusion crust is
>where it differs from Zag. It is very thick, solid
>fusion crust, whereas Zag has thick crust, but not
>solid, as in many bumps and vesicle-like holes. This
>meteorite has very solid thick crust, smooth though,
>and the large piece has contraction cracks similar to
>Nuevo Mercurio. It clearly broke up extensively very
>high, there are deep regmaglypts all over the stone,
>and grooves. I did not see any flow lines. I almost
>drooled on the large stone it was so beautiful. I
>would love to see that piece in my collection.
>The other stone which fell nearby was smashed up, and
>the 500 gram fragment that the police still had, was
>covered in deep regmaglypts like the large stone.
>When the police re-sealed the metal box where they are
>being held, they wrapped it in cord (the box) and then
>used the old wax seal method to melt wax on the cord
>and stamped it so that it can not be opened without
>seeing that the seal is broken.
>The meteorite is also severly suffering from the
>hostile climate here, 90 degrees, and 100% humidity
>are taking it's toll already, two weeks after the fall
>it is covered in rust on the broken sides.
>
>any other questions regarding the meteorite? Of course
>I will publish a webpage for this fall, with too many
>photos for all to see. We all know how rare for us to
>see any Indian meteorite fall.
>
>Mike Farmer
>
>
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