[meteorite-list] Northbranch H5

[Walter Branch]

Hi Steve,

>As I have said  before "Are there any *ugly* meteorites?

Have you ever seen Gretna?

-Walter Branch
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Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Northbranch H5


> In a message dated 1/14/2007 4:29:43 P.M.  Central Standard Time,
> bernd.pauli at paulinet.de writes:
>
> I've just received  an excellent small part slice of Northbranch from the
> Hupe'  Collection.  It displays some unbelievable veins of FeNi, one of 
> which
>
> crosses the whole specimen.  I'm proud to have added this fine 
> Northbranch
> to my collection.
> Gary,
>
> I first heard of the  Northbranch from the farmer who found it, and who 
> swore
> it was a fresh fall,  because it was up at the surface of his field one 
> year
> and it had not been there  the year before.  He said a magnet stuck to it, 
> so
> I dropped everything and  drove up to look at it.
>
> When I got there, it was so weathered and  ugly that I really did not 
> think
> it was a meteorite.  It was not until I  returned home with a fragment 
> that I
> put on the grinding wheel before I saw some  metal flake and realized that 
> it
> was indeed a meteorite.
>
> I went back up  the next day and bought it, then promptly moved it on to
> Blaine.
>
> I think  there used to be a photo in a "Meteorite Kids" section on one of 
> the
> sites with  my daughter Lauren with the Northbranch in the front yard.  I 
> am
> not sure  the photo is even online any more.
>
> Anyway, it is nice to hear someone say  "excellent," "unbelievable," 
> "proud"
> and "fine" all in the same description with  Northbranch.  I would have to 
> say
> that is a first!
>
> As I have said  before "Are there any *ugly* meteorites?  Does anyone have 
> an
> ugly grand  child?  Well, some are just more beautiful than others."
>
> Enjoy the  specimen Gary,
>
> Ex Astra,
> Steve Arnold 001
>
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