15 months ago. Newbie!
A picture I saw in a newspaper of Dr. Donald Brownlee of NASA holding NWA 5000
over his head with both hands and a big smile on his face.
I bought my first meteorite from Robert Cucchiara (Meteorite Madness)in May of
2009. A triple cut and etched 2.7 kilo Campo with beautiful even regs and a
couple of unusual troilite inclusions. It just jumped out of the monitor and
said "pick me! pick me!".
One hundred and fifty six. I had to go count them just now. I think some must
have mated. Probably a little Fukang going around the meso drawer.
I don't mind talking money. It seems popular to do so today. I know how much I
spent to the penny for those I purchased, and I can guess as to the value of
the few I have received as gifts, and then there is the big chondrite I found
which was just appraised. Probably, somewhere between $35,000 and $40,000 in
acquisition, so the retail value would, I trust, be higher.
A 2.1 gram crusted Nakhla individual with it's original British Museum
collection card and release papers that has been keep unmolested-molested in a
sterile container accompanied by an attribution letter from another major
institution. It's my favorite because I'm hoping one night little green aliens
will crawl out of it.
Did I! Last May 5th. I went hunting with Sonny Clary in Pahrump Valley 45
minutes from my house in an area he said he had been working for over six
years. Stepped out of the truck and limped a couple of hundred yards out into
the desert and tripped over a 29 pound LL6 chondrite sticking four inches out
of the sand. It was my first find. It turned out to be the largest individual
stone meteorite found in Nevada.
The Nakhla described above.
No ordeals. It has all been a most pleasant experience except for one bump
caused by a sobering lack of judgement.
Yes. When I set about to polish the half of the big chondrite I found, I got my
face right up on it as I was using the 600 grit and didn't realize I was
breathing the particles until I coughed and sneezed black soot the next morning.
The Countess, who generally eschews any activity I engage in, likes meteorites
and the people associated with them. It might have something to do with that
gorgeous Lapis Lazuli necklace a Moroccan made for her in Tucson.
Not yet...but I can see it in my future.
Pick it up with nitrile gloves and put it in sterile container. Pick up all the
house debris and store it in bags by type. Call Allstate. Call the firm of
Brownlee, Irving, Bunch and Hupe'.
Me.
No.
Say again?
I haven't studied enough specimens to have developed a preference. I'm sort of
omnivorous at this point in my education.
Unintentionally.
Yes. I bought 4 mg of original Shergotty and when I opened the membrane box to
look at the little "Bessy" specks under the scope they just flat disappeared. I
discovered membrane boxes are like minature trampolines.
I hope everyone who read these answers knows how happy I would be if they
brought a smile, or two.
Count Deiro
IMCA 3536
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