[meteorite-list] Old Woman meteorite, part III (or IV?)

[Robert Verish]

Hello Gregory,

When you sent this Original Message to me, I was
already out in the Mojave Desert - you guessed it,
getting ready for observing the Perseid shower.
Actually, I observed on Sunday evening - Monday
morning (Aug 11/12) with the intent of catching some
early Perseid earthgrazers.  And I think that turned
out to be the best meteor display, because on Monday
night and Tuesday night, there was way too much smoke
in the air from all the wild fires in Southern
California, being carried all the way out to Nevada. 

You just missed meeting me at the Barstow Desert
Discovery Center on Tuesday. But you did get to meet
Bob Hilburn's mother.  Bob and his mother are typical
of the volunteer spirit that drives most of the
research efforts being conducted in the Mojave Desert.


The BLM web page neglected to mention that the Old
Woman had a prior sample cut and sent to UCLA before
the Smithsonian cut their 15% sample.  Here's an image
I took at the Discovery Center of that etched surface:

http://www.geocities.com/bolidechaser/oldwomancut.jpg

Bob V.


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[meteorite-list] Old Woman meteorite, part III (or
IV?) 

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Mon, 12 Aug 2002 03:06:14 EDT 

I've just driven through the Mojave Desert to Las
Vegas (so as to have a good
Perseid-viewing-headquarters ONLY, of course ;-) and
will be stopping by the 
Desert Discovery Center in Barstow on my way back to
LA Tuesday.   We've briefly touched on the Old Woman
meteorite a few times on the list, and the rumors
about its possibly being moved or going into storage,
and about the tenuousness of the Desert Discovery
Center which has been the ol' girl's home for many
years, up to this point anyway.  
Anyone know the current status?Bob V.?

Gregory

http://www.ca.blm.gov/barstow/meteorite.html





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Re: [meteorite-list] Old Woman meteorite, part III (or IV?)

[Sharkkb8]

 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:


You just missed meeting me at the Barstow Desert
Discovery Center on Tuesday. But you did get to meet
Bob Hilburn's mother. Bob and his mother are typical
of the volunteer spirit that drives most of the
research efforts being conducted in the Mojave Desert.

Sorry I missed you, BobI had met Hilburn's mother on previous visits, but at least this time when she spoke of the BLM, she seemed to be more positive about the general outlook for the future. She said they're making concerted efforts to keep up maintenance of the building, there's a new (to me anyway) sign out front hyping the "Old Woman" meteorite, etc. I just hope that her "volunteer spirit" (and that of her son) is enough to keep the operation afloat as far as staffing the place, though.one might reasonably worry that "volunteer spirit" alone, no matter how dedicated, can't shoulder the burden indefinitely. 

 Gregory

[meteorite-list] Old Woman meteorite, part III (or IV?)

[Sharkkb8]

I've just driven through the Mojave Desert to Las Vegas (so as to havea good Perseid-viewing-headquarters ONLY, of course ;-) and will be stopping by the "Desert Discovery Center" in Barstow on my way back to LA Tuesday. We've briefly touched on the "Old Woman" meteorite a few times on the list, and the rumors about its possibly being moved or going into storage, and about the tenuousness of the "Desert Discovery Center" which has been the ol' girl's home for many years, up to this point anyway. Anyone know the current status? Bob V.?

Gregory

http://www.ca.blm.gov/barstow/meteorite.html