[meteorite-list] Larry's Holbrook Holy Grail Find and Bob Haag's Venus Stone

[Alexander Seidel]

Hi Bob,

thanks for your nice words, yes we´ve known each other 
from the list for almost a decade now...

> For one thing, over the past few years there have been
> advancements in stone cutting and sampling.  One
> method with uses a long, but small diameter, diamond
> coring device can extract enough groundmass to make a
> classification, but barely leave a mark on the
> specimen.

This is true. I did not have this in mind when I wrote
"never ever", but rather thought of some disturbing cut. 
It could be done on the quite unspectacular backside
of the stone. Do you know why Bob Haag doesn´t want
this to be done? Perhaps this may have to do with the
ongoing Holbrook discussion in a way...

Best wishes,
Alex
Berlin/Germany


> Hello Alex and All,
> 
> Well, Alex, it is almost 10 years now that we have
> been exchanging email and posting to this List, and
> over that entire time I have considered you my am
> besten freund.  And as the saying goes, "the more time
> goes by, the less things change".
> 
> And so, I can see that we are still in disagreement
> about cutting meteorites.  In fact, when you just
> wrote: 
> "NEVER EVER cut specimen like these just for the sake
> of getting some classification data", I am more in
> disagreement with your statement than ever before.
> 
> For one thing, over the past few years there have been
> advancements in stone cutting and sampling.  One
> method with uses a long, but small diameter, diamond
> coring device can extract enough groundmass to make a
> classification, but barely leave a mark on the
> specimen.
> 
> Admittedly this wouldn't be enough sample material to
> qualify for a type specimen, but with regards to this
> subject "Venus Stone", at least it can be classified
> and then we could finally put to rest this rumor that
> this stone and the Holbrook fall are related.  
> 
> Now, how I came to know this, will have to wait until
> my next post.
> 
> Guten morgen mein Freund,
> Bob V.  
> 
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:34:30 +0100
> From: "Alexander Seidel" <gsac at gmx.net>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Larry's Holbrook Holy
> Grail Find and Bob Haag's Venus Stone
> 
> ++++++++++++
> 
> This is one very special nice example of a
> flight-oriented meteorite, where the rule applies: 
> NEVER EVER cut specimen like these just for the sake
> of getting some classification data! Why? Because a
> cut would destroy the "character" of the piece!
> 
> And so we don?t know what?s inside this beautiful
> meteorite, we can only make some assumptions from
> non-destructive observation.
> 
> Alex
> Berlin/Germany
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