Hi Steve, >As I have said before "Are there any *ugly* meteorites?
Have you ever seen Gretna? -Walter Branch ----------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 5:48 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Northbranch H5 > In a message dated 1/14/2007 4:29:43 P.M. Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > I've just received an excellent small part slice of Northbranch from the > Hupe' Collection. It displays some unbelievable veins of FeNi, one of > which > > crosses the whole specimen. I'm proud to have added this fine > Northbranch > to my collection. > Gary, > > I first heard of the Northbranch from the farmer who found it, and who > swore > it was a fresh fall, because it was up at the surface of his field one > year > and it had not been there the year before. He said a magnet stuck to it, > so > I dropped everything and drove up to look at it. > > When I got there, it was so weathered and ugly that I really did not > think > it was a meteorite. It was not until I returned home with a fragment > that I > put on the grinding wheel before I saw some metal flake and realized that > it > was indeed a meteorite. > > I went back up the next day and bought it, then promptly moved it on to > Blaine. > > I think there used to be a photo in a "Meteorite Kids" section on one of > the > sites with my daughter Lauren with the Northbranch in the front yard. I > am > not sure the photo is even online any more. > > Anyway, it is nice to hear someone say "excellent," "unbelievable," > "proud" > and "fine" all in the same description with Northbranch. I would have to > say > that is a first! > > As I have said before "Are there any *ugly* meteorites? Does anyone have > an > ugly grand child? Well, some are just more beautiful than others." > > Enjoy the specimen Gary, > > Ex Astra, > Steve Arnold 001 > > ______________________________________________ > 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
