[meteorite-list] Final Round of Raffle Prizes

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Dear Friends and Listees:

The final raffle prize additions are now ready for your viewing 
pleasure. We will not be adding any more prizes to the website:

http://www.aerolite.org/meteorite-raffle.htm


Newest prizes are listed first, and they include:

-  An amazing 100% crusted, perfectly oriented nose cone Park Forest 
stone, 1.1 grams, donated by Steve Arnold IMB. Steve found 113 stones 
in the Park Forest strewn field. This was the very last one, and the 
only perfect nose cone he recovered. A great way to end 44 days in the 
field!

-  Part slice of NWA 1222, a rare Enstatite (EL5), in membrane/Riker 
display, donated by Allan and Iris Lang.

-  An excellent 42-gram, 100% crusted Thuathe H4, complete stone, 
donated by Dr. Ronnie MacKenzie and Fred Olsen. This fine stone was 
found by Mphosi Tsoaeli, and is recorded as # 112 in David Ambrose's 
catalog.

-  Complete polished Thuathe slice, with lots of metal, donated by 
Geoff Cintron.

-  Very attractive 2,910-gram Campo del Cielo individual with good 
character, donated by Vince Pellerin and Jose Guggiari of Rockgems

-  A pair of matching Denver COMETS beer mugs. Yes, it's true, two of 
these limited edition, sold out, commemorative 2005 Denver Show mugs, 
designed and commissioned by the COMETS. Not available in stores! 
Donated by the Denver COMETS.

-  "Meteorites A to Z," donated by Anne Black. A copy of the 
Jensen/Black book will reside in Blaine Reed's room throughout the 
show, and all members of the meteorite community in attendance will be 
asked to sign it.

-  Also added: photos of the signed "Comet Strikes the Earth" and Glenn 
Huss' Meteoritical Society portfolio, donated by Fred Hall.

-  Also lots of rare micromount runner-up prizes donated by Steve 
Arnold IMB, and a collection of meteorite books (also for runners-up) 
donated by Rob Reisener.

-  Finally, more detailed information about the Sonny Clary/Rob 
Reisener meteorite hunting expedition prize.


*** PLEASE NOTE: You can still purchase raffle tickets, we have just 
stopped accepting donations of prizes. ***

Ticket sales will end this coming Monday, September 12, at Noon, U.S. 
Pacific Time. If you want tickets please buy them today and don't wait 
for the last minute. We need time to make up the actual tickets and get 
them to Denver.


Other news:  Stan Turecki is running a special charity auction on Ebay, 
in conjunction with our effort. He has put up a 4.02 gram crusted slice 
of his olivine lunar gabbro. An extremely generous offer by Stan. 
Please support his sale:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6560273044


I am waiting for some checks to arrive, but total ticket sales are now 
in the region of $8,000.

Yes, that was eight thousand dollars.


Thanks to all who have donated prizes and bought tickets, and 
ESPECIALLY to Martin Altmann, Mike Jensen, Anne Black, and Sonny Clary 
who have helped so much with the behind-the-scenes work needed to make 
our event happen.

See you in Denver!


Geoff N.