Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer a Mulligan

2009-03-19 Thread Mr EMan
This is like the problem I have with calling skin, bone, and blood an organ because it technically meets the definition of organ in that it is an assemblage of cells that serve a common function. Speaking of Blood, I am glad I am not the one having to catalog all the sub categories. I can

[meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-19 Thread Metorman46
Hello list; As per mike farmer suggestion this collector is chiming in on this subject.I think provenance does matter a whole lot in collectables of all kinds,But when someone comes up with a lame catch phrase like hammer stone to promote something they sell is disrespectful to that

[meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread MeteorHntr
Hey Guys, A special congrats goes out to my wife Qynne who found one of those dam hammer stones! Literally, the rock hit an earthen dam of a stock pond near West. And not only that, it is a 100% crusted oriented specimen as well. 6.1 grams. Photos here:

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread Greg Hupe
/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault - Original Message - From: meteorh...@aol.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 1:31 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer Hey Guys, A special congrats goes out to my wife Qynne who found one of those dam hammer stones! Literally

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread cdtucson
Subject: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer Hey Guys, A special congrats goes out to my wife Qynne who found one of those dam hammer stones! Literally, the rock hit an earthen dam of a stock pond near West. And not only that, it is a 100% crusted oriented specimen as well. 6.1

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread MeteorHntr
In a message dated 3/18/2009 12:39:31 P.M. Central Daylight Time, gmh...@htn.net writes: Respectfully Steve, I do not think a meteorite hitting an earthen dam would qualify as a hammer. Think of all of the stones that hits roads (dirt or paved), crop field (man made), etc. I personally

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread Michael Farmer
...@aol.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 11:31 AM Hey Guys, A special congrats goes out to  my wife Qynne who found one of those dam hammer stones!  Literally,  the rock hit an earthen dam of a stock pond near

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread Ruben Garcia
/18/09, Greg Hupe gmh...@htn.net wrote: From: Greg Hupe gmh...@htn.net Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer To: meteorh...@aol.com Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 10:39 AM Respectfully Steve, I do not think a meteorite hitting an earthen dam

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread MeteorHntr
Thanks Carl. None of the 69 meteorites I recovered were purchased. All were found. I will go into more details about the 1,673g find a little later. I am not sure if it is the Main Mass, as I am not sure the exact weights of others that have been found. By the way, it WAS raining the

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread cdtucson
: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 11:31 AM Hey Guys, A special congrats goes out to  my wife Qynne who found one of those dam hammer stones!  Literally,  the rock hit an earthen dam of a stock pond near West

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread Greg Hupe
- Original Message - From: cdtuc...@cox.net To: meteorh...@aol.com; Greg Hupe gmh...@htn.net Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 1:45 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer Steve, There is always someone to try and rain on your parade! I did not realize

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread cdtucson
?user=meteorfrightp=v --- On Wed, 3/18/09, Greg Hupe gmh...@htn.net wrote: From: Greg Hupe gmh...@htn.net Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer To: meteorh...@aol.com Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 10:39 AM Respectfully Steve, I do

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread MeteorHntr
In a message dated 3/18/2009 12:50:33 P.M. Central Daylight Time, meteorite...@yahoo.com writes: Um, I hope this is a joke, as far as calling it a hammer. . Mike and all, While I will leave the interpretation of hammer up to the beholder, the post was indeed more of a joke, or double

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread greg stanley
be considered a hammer. Thanks, Greg Stanley --- On Wed, 3/18/09, Greg Hupe gmh...@htn.net wrote: From: Greg Hupe gmh...@htn.net Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer To: meteorh...@aol.com Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 10:39 AM Respectfully Steve, I do

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread Greg Hupe
; Greg Hupe gmh...@htn.net Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:00 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer Again Where is Michael blood. A head stone is clearly a man made structure at least as much as a mail box is. Actually you can not reside in a mail

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread cdtucson
@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:00 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer Again Where is Michael blood. A head stone is clearly a man made structure at least as much as a mail box is. Actually you can not reside in a mail box but you can reside in a grave. So

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread Ruben Garcia
=meteorfrightp=v --- On Wed, 3/18/09, cdtuc...@cox.net cdtuc...@cox.net wrote: From: cdtuc...@cox.net cdtuc...@cox.net Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer To: Ruben Garcia meteoritem...@yahoo.com, Greg Hupe gmh...@htn.net Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread MeteorHntr
Greg, I think all meteorite specimens have a story. Some of the stories are lost. Some are preserved. Some stories will be more appealing to some people than they will be to others. If a rock hit a pond, or a dam, or a car or a road, etc. it is all part of that rock's story. Some

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread Darren Garrison
On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:57:59 -0400, you wrote: Michael Blood has an opinion, not a rule. If a meteorite lands in my yard or a baseball field does it qualify as a hammer since these places were man made? Over use of a term for marketing (not saying Steve had done this here) is simply stupid!

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread Michael Farmer
on the dam. Michael Farmer --- On Wed, 3/18/09, meteorh...@aol.com meteorh...@aol.com wrote: From: meteorh...@aol.com meteorh...@aol.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer To: meteorite...@yahoo.com, meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 12:01 PM In a message

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread MeteorHntr
In a message dated 3/18/2009 1:14:16 P.M. Central Daylight Time, cdtuc...@cox.net writes: Again, Where is Michael? A mound is a structure specifically designed to function as such. And Steve, I would like to buy the Dam hammer as I think Blood will rule in it's favor. How much? Carl Carl, .

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread Greg Hupe
- Original Message - From: meteorh...@aol.com To: stanleygr...@yahoo.com; gmh...@htn.net Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:13 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer Greg, I think all meteorite specimens have a story. Some of the stories are lost

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread cdtucson
: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer To: meteorite...@yahoo.com, meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 12:01 PM In a message dated 3/18/2009 12:50:33 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  meteorite...@yahoo.com writes: Um, I hope this is a joke, as far as calling

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread MeteorHntr
In a message dated 3/18/2009 1:28:20 P.M. Central Daylight Time, gmh...@htn.net writes: Adding trees, dams, mounds, playfields, lawns and other man-made or touched places is reaching to an extreme, and yes, it does cheapen the true smashers. . Greg, I found two specimens in an Indian

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread Jeff Grossman
I'm going to further stir this up. In addition to my last comment, that hammer should only refer to the offending stone that did damage, I think there has to be a certain fame or notoriety associated with the impact for it to be noteworthy enough for a special name like this. Certainly, the

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread Greg Hupe
on this subject! - Original Message - From: cdtuc...@cox.net To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; meteorh...@aol.com; Michael Farmer meteorite...@yahoo.com Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:34 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer Okay Michael. Now you added this to the equation

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread MeteorHntr
After being bit by too many of those Texas Fire Ants, I was hoping to find at least one squished ant on the bottom of one of my finds, but alas, I never found the elusive Ant Hammer Stone. Steve In a message dated 3/18/2009 2:04:39 P.M. Central Daylight Time, jgross...@usgs.gov writes:

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread Martin Altmann
? -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von Darren Garrison Gesendet: Mittwoch, 18. März 2009 20:14 An: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer On Wed, 18 Mar

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread Darryl Pitt
Completely agree. And as previously mentioned, in the not too distant future an ever increasing number of meteorite showers will contain a stone that hits a roof. On Mar 18, 2009, at 3:04 PM, Jeff Grossman wrote: I'm going to further stir this up. In addition to my last comment,

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread Matthias Bärmann
) ... delicate matter ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZk2uMrQBSQ Best, Matthias - Original Message - From: Martin Altmann altm...@meteorite-martin.de To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 8:16 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer IMHO

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread Michael Blood
gmh...@htn.net Cc: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer Steve, There is always someone to try and rain on your parade! I did not realize earthen Dams were not man made? I thought it was CLEAR that if it hits anything man made it is indeed

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread Michael Blood
meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com, Steve Arnold dealer/Qynne meteorh...@aol.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer Yes, I saw that the email was mostly a joke, and congrats on the stone. But we must get this under control. A pile of dirt is nothing more than a pile of dirt. Carl seems

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread Fries, Marc D
-0700 To: Steve Arnold dealer/Qynne meteorh...@aol.com, Greg Hupe gmh...@htn.net Cc: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer Steve, There is always someone to try and rain on your parade! I did not realize earthen Dams were not man made? I

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread Carl 's
Hi Steve and others, I like the sound of Dam Hammer myself. It would make a great ebay name or TV series. Some thoughts on the subject: Suppose a meteorite fragment struck the Hoover Dam and was recovered? Would that be considered a hammer or no? What about that West fragment you (Steve)

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread Darren Garrison
On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:24:45 -0700, you wrote: Suppose a meteorite fragment struck the Hoover Dam and was recovered? Would that be considered a hammer or no? See, that's the problem with a nebulous term. There are lots of ways to build a dam-- pile up dirt, use field stones (with some sort of

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread Walter Branch
@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:36 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer Hi Carl, Steve, Greg and others - I have explained my position and the response Varied from ho hum to you're wrong to outright Expressions of resentment and accusations of distortion

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread Michael Blood
: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:33:49 -0500 To: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:24:45 -0700, you wrote: Suppose a meteorite fragment struck the Hoover Dam and was recovered? Would that be considered a hammer or no? See

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread Mark Crawford
Actually, it would make a great name for a meteorite ;-) Carl 's wrote: I like the sound of Dam Hammer myself. It would make a great ebay name or TV series. -- Mark's Meteorite Pages: http://meteorites.cc __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread Michael Farmer
this business. Michael Farmer --- On Wed, 3/18/09, cdtuc...@cox.net cdtuc...@cox.net wrote: From: cdtuc...@cox.net cdtuc...@cox.net Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com, meteorh...@aol.com, Michael Farmer meteorite...@yahoo.com Date: Wednesday, March 18

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread Ruben Garcia
Garrison cyna...@charter.net Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 3:33 PM On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:24:45 -0700, you wrote: Suppose a meteorite fragment struck the Hoover Dam and was recovered? Would that be considered

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread Alexander Seidel
we must get this under control What is this, Germany!? Get a grip! some say tomato some say tomato (guess they Are spelled the same way. Michael Yes, Germany! Everything unter Kontrolle right now! :-) Got that grip, just at this very moment, Alex

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread Dave Gheesling
Of Michael Farmer Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 6:41 PM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; meteorh...@aol.com; cdtuc...@cox.net Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer Carl, you are a major part of this problem. For example, you still keep selling Carancas on ebay quoting them as Haag

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread Meteorites USA
...@cox.net Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com, meteorh...@aol.com, Michael Farmer meteorite...@yahoo.com Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 12:34 PM Okay Michael. Now you added this to the equation; --An earthen dam while yes, scraped by man, is still just dirt

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread cdtucson
wrote: From: cdtuc...@cox.net cdtuc...@cox.net Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com, meteorh...@aol.com, Michael Farmer meteorite...@yahoo.com Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 12:34 PM Okay Michael. Now you added this to the equation

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread Meteorites USA
. To scrape the bottom of the barrel in pretending every other stone a hammer is killing this business. Michael Farmer --- On Wed, 3/18/09, cdtuc...@cox.net cdtuc...@cox.net wrote: From: cdtuc...@cox.net cdtuc...@cox.net Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer To: meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread John.L.Cabassi
G'Day List Well, here we go again. After the last episode and my last post, my PC crashed. So I was not going to get involved in this once upon a time thing or even a child's book. I wish all would leave the terminology where it belongs.. with the carpenters and construction workers, I don't

Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

2009-03-18 Thread Ruben Garcia
: John.L.Cabassi j...@cabassi.net Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Dam Hammer To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 7:29 PM G'Day List Well, here we go again. After the last episode and my last post, my PC crashed.  So I was not going to get involved in this once