Hi Michael It is at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC. Here is a fine article by Martin Horejsi that has the image that I linked to; http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2003/August/Accretion_Desk.htm Enjoy
Mike Mike Jensen Meteorites 16730 E Ada PL Aurora, CO 80017-3137 USA 720-949-6220 IMCA 4264 website: www.jensenmeteorites.com On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Michael Bross <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mike > > From one side, it does actually look like the older rotin/rattan baskets > with the handle > that I saw in my childhood in France in the 60s. > Ring is just more poetic... > > What a beauty that other Ring meteorite ! where is it displayed ? > > Michael B, France > > > > From: "Mike Jensen" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 5:19 PM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned > > >> Hi Michael >> A basket should hold something so it is hard to see how something with >> a hole in it would make a good basket. But I guess the problem is >> there is another well known ring meteorite from Arizona; >> http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2003/August/ad04-tucson.jpg >> I guess maybe minnie-me ring might work; >> http://blog.oregonlive.com/houseoffame/2008/08/VernTroyerAP.jpg >> >> Mike >> >> >> Mike Jensen Meteorites >> 16730 E Ada PL >> Aurora, CO 80017-3137 >> USA >> 720-949-6220 >> IMCA 4264 >> website: www.jensenmeteorites.com >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Michael Bross <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks Mike >>> >>> Great looking postcards. >>> I prefer "Ring" to "Basket"... >>> >>> Michael B, France >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Jensen" >>> <[email protected]> >>> To: "Frank Cressy" <[email protected]> >>> Cc: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 4:26 PM >>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be >>> Returned >>> >>> >>> Hi Frank & list >>> I just put up a page that shows all of the postcards (4) I have of the >>> "Basket" and once referred to as the "Ring" meteorite. Some of the >>> postcards mention a weight of 49 pounds and even have the weight >>> written on the iron in white (paint?). I wonder if that is still on >>> it? >>> http://jensenmeteorites.com/Postcards/CanyonDiablo.htm >>> >>> Mike >>> >>> >>> Mike Jensen Meteorites >>> 16730 E Ada PL >>> Aurora, CO 80017-3137 >>> USA >>> 720-949-6220 >>> IMCA 4264 >>> website: www.jensenmeteorites.com >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 8:31 AM, Frank Cressy <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello all, >>>> >>>> Glad the "basket" meteorite is going home. I remember seeing a post card >>>> of it and thinking it was way cool. Maybe Mike Jensen has the post card >>>> in >>>> his collection. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Frank >>>> >>>> --- On Wed, 3/11/09, Eric Wichman <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> From: Eric Wichman <[email protected]> >>>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 7:16 AM >>>> >>>> I found article this in my email box this morning... >>>> >>>> "..This story begins not in a galaxy far away, but at a Milwaukee >>>> rummage >>>> sale a few years ago. Tom Lynch paid $10 for an odd hunk of metal he >>>> figured >>>> might be copper or bronze with potential salvage value. >>>> >>>> He had no idea it had dropped from space into the Arizona desert some >>>> 50,000 >>>> years ago. >>>> >>>> "For the last two years, it kept my grandson's basketball hoop from >>>> blowing over in the yard. It weighs 50 pounds," said Lynch, a retired >>>> foundry and General Motors worker who lives in South Milwaukee. >>>> >>>> Recently, he saw a show about meteorites on the Travel Channel and >>>> realized >>>> that's probably what he had. It was curious, he thought, that the thing >>>> never oxidized in the weather. Following advice from the TV show, he >>>> held >>>> a >>>> magnet up to the object and it stuck. >>>> >>>> He took his 4.6 billion-year-old find to the Milwaukee Public Museum and >>>> then >>>> to Chicago's Field Museum last month. The scientists got excited. Yes, >>>> they >>>> said, it's a meteorite.." >>>> >>>> READ THE FULL ARTICLE >>>> http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/41069052.html >>>> >>>> >>>> Wow! Now that's a cool looking meteorite. >>>> >>>> Does anyone on-list remember this piece? >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Eric Wichman >>>> Meteorites USA >>>> >>>> >>>> ______________________________________________ >>>> http://www.meteoritecentral.com >>>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>>> >>>> ______________________________________________ >>>> http://www.meteoritecentral.com >>>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> http://www.meteoritecentral.com >>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > > > > ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
