What an attractive stone. Nice one Mark! <><><><><><><> Matt Morgan Mile High Meteorites http://www.mhmeteorites.com PO Box 151293 Lakewood, CO 80215 USA ebay id: mhmeteorites ----- Original Message ----- From: "MARK BOSTICK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 2:12 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Essex, California H5 Meteorite Main Mass
> Hello Everybody, > > Speaking of main masses, an interesting stone I just received. Sadly, the > stone was mutilated by the finder. > > The Essex, California 3,262g main mass > > http://www.meteoritearticles.com/colessex.html > > The meteorite originally weighed 4,998 grams, which for some strange reason > was originally in the Meteoritical Bulletin before press....then it changed > to 5,000 grams. > > This was a very beautiful meteorite that the finder really destroyed. > Breaking one end and cutting up the other end. Fine thumbprints on two > sides of 3 or 3 1/2 sides, one side is smooth with a little lipping. > Looking over the stone it appears it might have been oriented. I have only > 2/3's of the stone. I had made an offer for it when it was whole but was not > able to secure the stone until recently. > > Clear Skies, > Mark Bostick > www.meteoritearticles.com > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
