[meteorite-list] happy new year and odds and ends

[joseph_town at att.net]

Steve,

How does rustic, used as an adjective in this case, apply to a meteorite? The rest of your post indicates the party must have been pretty good. Showed I be concerned or am I just being ignorant?

Bill


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From: "Steve Arnold, Chicago!!!" <steve_arnol60120 at yahoo.com>
> Hi list.I want to wish everyone a great and fantastic new year.I hope
> everyone has the kind of year that you hope to have.My wife and I just got
> back from galena, illinois for a news years eve bash.We had a great
> time.But on the way up, we went thru woodbine illinois, home of the
> WOODBINE meteorite.I told my wife to stop and see if I could get any info
> on this rare specimen from illinois.It just so happen I ran into a small
> time curator of a small museum there in woodbine.I asked him about the
> meteorite fall from 1953,and he remembers it.He was an older gentleman and
> we  went into the museum and he should me a 52 gram very rustic looking
> piece of the woodbind meteorite.It looked very clean except for the small
> rust pits on it.He told me that it brought alot of excitement to the area
> back then.That really made my day.He also should me the area where the
> stone fell.It is know coverd up.That is a shame.Also having more good news
> as I got home today,I had a package waiting for me.It was my 206 gram
> slice of the arizona meteorite, SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS.I traded away 3 of my
> pieces to get this.I decided it was not worht going after the wilamette I
> wanted.I'll have pics up this week on my site of this piece.Also today and
> tomorrow,then my meteorite sale ends,It will be 3 for 1 price.Pic any 3
> you want, divide by 3 and that is what you pay.That is it, again from
> snowless chicago, I hope you all have a great new year.
> 
>                                       steve arnold, chicago
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