[meteorite-list] Are Meteorites For Boys Only?

[j.divelbiss at att.net]

Maria Maria of lunar origin,

I must say you have a very rocky resume.:) Glad to have you as a comrade.


Regards,

Gabbro John

PS I need you to talk to my wife about rocks, and their place in our lives.












-------------- Original message from "Maria Haas" : -------------- 

> Dear Hunters and Huntresses, Collectors and Collectrexes, 
> 
> I have been collecting rocks, minerals and fossils my whole life. I was also 
> the kid who constantly came home with pockets full of rocks - mostly 
> fossils. My mother (who loves science) used to throw my smaller ones in the 
> driveway and my dad would try to pick them up (if he recognized them). 
> Nature? Nurture? 
> 
> My pepper spray and I are not opposed to taking field trips alone and have 
> gone on quite a few. This year I have also been on field trips with list 
> members (Atkins, Freeman, and the Park Forest anniversary group). I spent 
> eight hours last Sunday hiking with list member Larry Atkins looking for 
> stone Indian artifacts (another one of my collections). David Freeman was 
> also kind to leave me some incredible Wyoming artifacts when he visited in 
> June. No, I don't currently have any women friends who would hunt rocks with 
> me. They think my rock and meteorite collecting is "odd" :) 
> 
> At this moment, I have a 153 lb flight-oriented diabase basalt "wrong" in my 
> living room - a long story but it spawned a meteorite collector some years 
> ago (me!). 
> 
> My meteorite collection is housed in a glass shelving unit that I call "The 
> Shrine", the inside of my home is lined with rocks, I have buckets and 
> buckets of rocks in my basement, there are rocks in my Jeep, I have my own 
> saw, cut and prepare my own stones, and every rock that fits under my 
> microscope has even though I don't always know what I am looking at. 
> 
> I have plenty of the faceted expensive stones and no matter how I am dressed 
> or where I am going I would not hesitate filling up my purse with 
> interesting rocks. Girly? Kinda. I even have neighborhood rock "groupies" - 
> kids who drop by to see what's new in my collection. Only one is a girl but 
> she drags girlfriends who don't care about rocks to my house sometimes. Last 
> Halloween I had a bowl of candy and a bowl of rocks for the kids to choose 
> from. 
> 
> For me, learning about and holding a terrestrial or space rock and looking 
> up at the stars is probably the closest I will ever get to feeling what 
> "forever" really is and means. 
> 
> On a lighter note, if anyone wants to see me and my Zagami vacation in Mars 
> (Pennsylvania) please visit: 
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/dragonsoup_maria/my_photos 
> (Yes, that is me faking antennae.) 
> 
> Maria :) 
> Recently divorced, knows how to cook, sew, paint, write, garden, cut and 
> polish rocks, finish concrete... (not listed in order of preference and this 
> is not an offer to perform these tasks). 
> Oh, I also like my beer cold (sorry, different thread). 
> 
> 
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