Hello John and all,
Idaho State University would also like to thank John Blennert for his generous donation of specimens to the Idaho State Meteorite Collection here on campus. A formal letter is forthcoming.
I believe this is the second such donation John has made to our institution, and, as everyone reading this List knows, unless meteorites can be placed into the hands of students, the excitement of the topic quickly wains.
As William Butler Yeats once said, " Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."
Cheers,
Dr. Martin G. Horejsi Associate Professor of Science Education Campus Box 8059 Idaho State University Pocatello, Idaho 83209
On Mar 2, 2005, at 4:03 AM, mark ford wrote:
And ... I'd Like to publicly thank John Blennart for donating a nice collection of Gold Basins and others to South downs Planetarium in Chichester, England just before christmas. They were very much appreciated. They are on permanent display, and are enjoyed by visitors to the Planetarium.
Very Kind.
Best Mark
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John wrote:
it was found before ... and the folks on this list ever heard of Gold Basin !!!
Hello John and List,
These words bring back pleasant memories, ... memories from 1999 when I got an email from John after I had posted something about Michael Blood hunting for Gold Basin meteorites. John wrote:
"I would like to extend a personal invitation for you to hunt Gold
Basin.
I will loan you a goldmaster metal detector and be your personal guide.
I will cook (no guarantees) and get you familiar with the detector, heck
I'll even give you a drive around and show you all the known field. I
guarantee you'll find a few meteorites if I have to throw them at you?
He He. That's assuming you don't have a hearing impairment !!! I know
you are a long way from Arizona, but if you could find your way to get
here I will try and accomodate anyway I can !! It's very hot there now
the best times for hunting are October thru April. If this offer is not
workable because of work, wife, kids or finances email me your address
and I would love to mail you a nice Gold Basin!! I would be honored to
send one to the man that helps so many!!"
A few days later there were two beautiful specimens (76 and 86 gr) in my
mailbox and they were welcomed by a small 31.5 gr specimen with an
official
field number (UA410) that I had purchased from Allan Lang some time
before.
John wrote in his letter that "most of the Gold Basin finds are broken up pretty bad" and that "both of these have a good show of crust."
That was more than true because they even showed clear signs of primary crust, the 86-gram even signs of a secondary crust; the 76-gram piece has shallow regmaglypts, is conical and may thus be oriented or at least flight-marked from its plunge through the Earth's atmosphere.
John, let me once again thank you for these beauties, and, you may be
sure that
they will never leave the B. Pauli Meteorite Collection, no matter where
the wind
blows from!
Best wishes,
Bernd
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