[meteorite-list] Nogata Meteorite

[Bill]

Michael, 

I wonder what the monks would or have said about it? Why doesn't someone ask them? I bet they would be happy to share their views. I doubt they revere a rock. What could it represent to a Buddhist? 

Bill 



> -----Original Message----- 
> From: mlblood at cox.net 
> Sent: Sun, 07 Jan 2007 18:00:10 -0800 
> To: peterscherff at rcn.com, meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com 
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Nogata Meteorite 
> 
> Hi Peter, 
> The only image I have seen of it was in a video about meteorites. 
> For those in the peanut gallery, it is the stone that fell May 19, 
> 861ad. 
> in Nogata, Japan, crashing through the roof of a monastery of Buddhist 
> monks. It is the oldest documented hammer I know of. I believe not one 
> single mg has ever been made available to any one or any institution. It 
> is highly revered by the monks, supposedly because it is considered to 
> have fallen from heaven. (Such reported beliefs are often 
> ethnocentrically 
> biased and/or involve misinterpretations in translation - so, who can 
> say 
> how/what the monks REALLY think of it) - in any event, it is highly 
> regarded and absolutely none of the material has ever been available). 
> In the video, a monk brought out the box in which it is kept and 
> the video was quite clear, as the interviewer and the monk were outside 
> in the courtyard. It was larger than a golf ball but smaller than a 
> baseball. 
> If you do discover a still photo of it, I would much appreciate 
> if 
> you let me know of it, as I am working on a book about hammers. Right 
> now all I have depictions of are mostly the 40 or 45 I have for sale. As 
> rare as some of them are, I would say Nogata takes the cake, as it is 
> TOTALLY unavailable. 
> Good luck, Michael 
> 
> on 1/7/07 5:10 PM, peterscherff at rcn.com at peterscherff at rcn.com wrote: 
> 
>> 
>> Hi, 
>> 
>> I hope someone can help me. I am looking for a photo of the Nogata 
>> Meteorite that I can use in a powerpoint presentation. 
>> 
>> Thanks, 
>> 
>> Peter Scherff 
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