[meteorite-list] 1996-2016 meteorite collectors / dealers

2015-12-28 Thread almitt2--- via Meteorite-list 


 Greetings,

 Great Topic John!!

 I technically started my collection in the mid 1960's with a visit
to Meteor(ite) Crater. I was hoping to buy an actual iron meteorite.
You could only buy shale, so I bought several on a square card that
had a purplish/red color with a fireball trail and meteorite shale in
the center of the card. However I don't think I can count that as when
I started to seriously collect.

 Later went back to Meteor Crater as an adult and wanted to buy an
actual iron meteorite. Still couldn't but bought a larger piece of
shale. This was in 1979. After Reading Nininger's book Find a Falling
Star in 1985, that inspired me to want to collect meteorites. I bought
three specimens from Robert Haag (The Meteorite Man) a iron Canyon
Diablo, an Imilac stony iron, and a Allende CV3. Not bad for my first
chondrite!

 I joined a group from England called the Meteorite Filies
(spelling) who talked, swapped and had the original journal for
amateur collecting. How ever it went defunct due to an accident by
it's main member. I still have three or four of the magazines. Back
then you had to get your hands on reading material as there wasn't any
real internet to communicate on the subject. There was only 6 or 7 new
specimens coming out each year and at best 10 or 12 dealers (world
wide). There were very few actual collectors.

 After buying meteorites from one of Ron F. sellers and finding out
he was charging 3 times more than I could buy them myself I started
into the dealer arena to offer competition. This was in 1988 or about
27 years ago. I originally collected three specimens but after reading
about some of the falls in Nininger's Book, collected 13 more
specimens. thinking this was all that I would ever need. That was
roughly 500 specimens ago (personal collection) and tens of thousands
of meteorites bought and sold.

 During the Compuserve era (early 1990's for me) Joesph Murakami and
I started a meteorite list on the AstroForum which we engaged in the
discussion of meteorites with other members.

 Best!

 --AL Mitterling

 Mitterling Meteorites Quoting J Sinclair via Meteorite-list
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Hello All,

20 years.

I noticed while looking at Matt Morgan's web site, he writes
"established in 1996"
The Meteorite Exchange site says "Impacting the Meteorite World

Since 1996"


Did anyone else start collecting in '96. If not then... when? and

why?

Many dealers and collectors were active before '96 and many more

after.


In August 1996 I read on the front page of the local NC (Greensboro
Daily News) newspaper that NASA had found a possible life form in a
Martian meteorite found in Antarctica - Allan Hills 84001. This was
announcing there was life elsewhere in the Universe.

I figured people would want meteorites. I was already selling gems

and

minerals at shows and had seen meteorites for sale in Tucson and
Denver. I had meteorites before the end of the year. The fist ones
were mailed from a dealer in Mexico - Tolucas, then Gibeon from the
S.African dealers Karl and Clive. Next was Esquel from Bob Haag. I
nearly sold out the first show I offered meteorites.

It was ALH 84001 that started it for me. How about the rest of you?

See you in Tucson.

John



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[meteorite-list] Scientists are discovering frozen meteorites in the Antarctic

2015-12-28 Thread Tommy via Meteorite-list 

http://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-are-hunting-down-frozen-meteorites-in-the-antarctic

Regards!

Tom

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Re: [meteorite-list] 1996-2016 meteorite collectors / dealers

2015-12-28 Thread Paul Harris via Meteorite-list 

Hi John,

Jim and I were active before this but '95 & '96 is when the Internet 
started taking off and the first meteorite websites were born.  I think 
Eric Twelker was the first with The Meteorite Marketplace.


Can't believe 2016 will be 20 years...

Paul



On 12/27/2015 5:11 PM, J Sinclair via Meteorite-list wrote:

Hello All,

20 years.

I noticed while looking at Matt Morgan's web site, he writes
"established in 1996"
The Meteorite Exchange site says "Impacting the Meteorite World Since 1996"

Did anyone else start collecting in '96. If not then... when? and why?
Many dealers and collectors were active before '96 and many more after.

In August 1996 I read on the front page of the local NC (Greensboro
Daily News) newspaper that NASA had found a possible life form in a
Martian meteorite found in Antarctica - Allan Hills 84001. This was
announcing there was life elsewhere in the Universe.

I figured people would want meteorites. I was already selling gems and
minerals at shows and had seen meteorites for sale in Tucson and
Denver. I had meteorites before the end of the year. The fist ones
were mailed from a dealer in Mexico - Tolucas, then Gibeon from the
S.African dealers Karl and Clive. Next was Esquel from Bob Haag. I
nearly sold out the first show I offered meteorites.

It was ALH 84001 that started it for me. How about the rest of you?

See you in Tucson.

John
MeteoriteUSA.com
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Re: [meteorite-list] 1996-2016 meteorite collectors / dealers

2015-12-28 Thread Don Merchant via Meteorite-list 
Not sure if this counts but I started into the hobby of astronomy when I was 
very young. At 13 years of age I went to the Strasenburg Planetarium here in 
Rochester, NY. While I was there I bought a small book called "A Comet 
Strikes the Earth" by Harvey Ninniger in the gift shop. On that book was a 
glued a small piece of meteorite from the outside rim of the Barringer 
crater. I still have that book and the meteorite. I will go out on a limb 
and say then that I started collecting meteorites in 1973!

Cheers
Don Merchant
Founder-Cosmic Treasures Celestial Wonders
www.ctreasurescwonders.com
IMCA #0960
- Original Message - 
From: "Paul Harris via Meteorite-list" 
To: "J Sinclair" ; "Meteorite List" 


Sent: Monday, December 28, 2015 12:55 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] 1996-2016 meteorite collectors / dealers



Hi John,

Jim and I were active before this but '95 & '96 is when the Internet 
started taking off and the first meteorite websites were born.  I think 
Eric Twelker was the first with The Meteorite Marketplace.


Can't believe 2016 will be 20 years...

Paul



On 12/27/2015 5:11 PM, J Sinclair via Meteorite-list wrote:

Hello All,

20 years.

I noticed while looking at Matt Morgan's web site, he writes
"established in 1996"
The Meteorite Exchange site says "Impacting the Meteorite World Since 
1996"


Did anyone else start collecting in '96. If not then... when? and why?
Many dealers and collectors were active before '96 and many more after.

In August 1996 I read on the front page of the local NC (Greensboro
Daily News) newspaper that NASA had found a possible life form in a
Martian meteorite found in Antarctica - Allan Hills 84001. This was
announcing there was life elsewhere in the Universe.

I figured people would want meteorites. I was already selling gems and
minerals at shows and had seen meteorites for sale in Tucson and
Denver. I had meteorites before the end of the year. The fist ones
were mailed from a dealer in Mexico - Tolucas, then Gibeon from the
S.African dealers Karl and Clive. Next was Esquel from Bob Haag. I
nearly sold out the first show I offered meteorites.

It was ALH 84001 that started it for me. How about the rest of you?

See you in Tucson.

John
MeteoriteUSA.com
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[meteorite-list] Ad- Final Set Of Autions Ending For 2015

2015-12-28 Thread Raremeteorites via Meteorite-list 

Dear List Members,

This is my last auction set of the year.  You will find four examples of NWA 
5000 started at just 99 cents with no reserve.  I am having them ending on 
Monday night instead for Tuesday to give myself  time to ship them out 
immediately after the auction ends. Every NWA 5000 specimen that I plan on 
ever selling on eBay of over a gram is now loaded in my store.  I have no 
future plans of cutting since the rest of my inventory is complete slices 
which will be sold whole with one remaining in my collection permanently.


Link to all auctions:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/merchant/ancientechoesartifacts

Some great NWA 5000 specimens started at just 99 cents with no reserve:

Legendary NWA 5000 Lunar Meteorite Moon Rock 1.006 gram Lot - NO RESERVE!
http://r.ebay.com/KIDdkJ

Legendary NWA 5000 Lunar Meteorite Moon Rock .648 grams - NO RESERVE!
http://r.ebay.com/SiR62Y

Legendary NWA 5000 Lunar Meteorite Moon Rock .506 grams - NO RESERVE!
http://r.ebay.com/ofuJUP

Legendary NWA 5000 Lunar Meteorite Moon Rock 1.0 grams Pure Dust
http://r.ebay.com/vtk3ib


Thank you for looking and if you are bidding, good luck,

Adam







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Re: [meteorite-list] 1996-2016 meteorite collectors / dealers

2015-12-28 Thread Anne Black via Meteorite-list 
Yes Paul,

There were very few of us when I opened my website sometime in the summer of 
1998. And Ebay had maybe a dozen meteorites.
I had been working with Alain Carion for at least 10 years before that, got to 
know Robert Haag, David New,, but that is when I decided to strike out on 
my own. It has been a very interesting journey.


Anne M. Black
www.IMPACTIKA.com
impact...@aol.com


-Original Message-
From: Paul Harris via Meteorite-list 
To: J Sinclair ; Meteorite List 

Sent: Mon, Dec 28, 2015 10:56 am
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] 1996-2016 meteorite collectors / dealers

Hi John,

Jim and I were active before this but '95 & '96 is when the Internet 
started taking off and the first meteorite websites were born.  I think 
Eric Twelker was the first with The Meteorite Marketplace.

Can't believe 2016 will be 20 years...

Paul



On 12/27/2015 5:11 PM, J Sinclair via Meteorite-list wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> 20 years.
>
> I noticed while looking at Matt Morgan's web site, he writes
> "established in 1996"
> The Meteorite Exchange site says "Impacting the Meteorite World Since 1996"
>
> Did anyone else start collecting in '96. If not then... when? and why?
> Many dealers and collectors were active before '96 and many more after.
>
> In August 1996 I read on the front page of the local NC (Greensboro
> Daily News) newspaper that NASA had found a possible life form in a
> Martian meteorite found in Antarctica - Allan Hills 84001. This was
> announcing there was life elsewhere in the Universe.
>
> I figured people would want meteorites. I was already selling gems and
> minerals at shows and had seen meteorites for sale in Tucson and
> Denver. I had meteorites before the end of the year. The fist ones
> were mailed from a dealer in Mexico - Tolucas, then Gibeon from the
> S.African dealers Karl and Clive. Next was Esquel from Bob Haag. I
> nearly sold out the first show I offered meteorites.
>
> It was ALH 84001 that started it for me. How about the rest of you?
>
> See you in Tucson.
>
> John
> MeteoriteUSA.com
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Re: [meteorite-list] 1996-2016 meteorite collectors / dealers

2015-12-28 Thread Jason Phillips via Meteorite-list 
Hello List,
For me it was 1997, I remember pining over the NEMS catalog for hours
and making lists of my dream locations.  My first piece was a 107 gram
Gibeon slice, which I still treasure today.  Looking back it is
amazing how that simple $80 purchase has completely changed my life,
so many more pieces, great adventures and wonderful friends.  What
things of beauty and wonder we are able to enjoy!

Take Care,
Jason Phillips

On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 8:11 PM, J Sinclair via Meteorite-list
 wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> 20 years.
>
> I noticed while looking at Matt Morgan's web site, he writes
> "established in 1996"
> The Meteorite Exchange site says "Impacting the Meteorite World Since 1996"
>
> Did anyone else start collecting in '96. If not then... when? and why?
> Many dealers and collectors were active before '96 and many more after.
>
> In August 1996 I read on the front page of the local NC (Greensboro
> Daily News) newspaper that NASA had found a possible life form in a
> Martian meteorite found in Antarctica - Allan Hills 84001. This was
> announcing there was life elsewhere in the Universe.
>
> I figured people would want meteorites. I was already selling gems and
> minerals at shows and had seen meteorites for sale in Tucson and
> Denver. I had meteorites before the end of the year. The fist ones
> were mailed from a dealer in Mexico - Tolucas, then Gibeon from the
> S.African dealers Karl and Clive. Next was Esquel from Bob Haag. I
> nearly sold out the first show I offered meteorites.
>
> It was ALH 84001 that started it for me. How about the rest of you?
>
> See you in Tucson.
>
> John
> MeteoriteUSA.com
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[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

2015-12-28 Thread Paul Swartz via Meteorite-list 
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Edeowie Glass

Contributed by: Graham Macleod

http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp?DD=12/29/2015
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