[meteorite-list] Exciting New meteorite material....Mokoia, Wairarapa and Alta Ameem

[ensoramanda]

Hi Bob,

Sorry, I apologise if I am misleading...I am obviously misunderstanding 
what a 'hammer' is then....does it have to have hit a man-made object to 
be called that?...I just assumed from following all the list discussions 
that if it was observed to hit an object and damage it in some way it 
was termed a Hammer.

I have made it as clear as possible that it hit part of a tree, which 
was collected and photographed and did not want to mislead.
Just though it made the fall that much more interesting. Perhaps I will 
just describe it as 'hit a tree' and keep thing simple.

I am not trying to increase 'value' as I am not a dealer and only an 
enthusiast.

Thanks for pointing this out and allowing me to make things clearer.

All the best

Graham Ensor

Bob WALKER wrote:

> Graham
>
> I have no wish to snipe at your good fortune with these trades - 
> however - I would really like to know how u consider Mokoia to be a 
> hammer - hitting a tree does not make it a hammer be...
>
> Cheers
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "ensoramanda" 
> <ensoramanda at ntlworld.com>
> To: "Mike Bandli" <fuzzfoot at comcast.net>; 
> <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 12:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Exciting New meteorite 
> material....Mokoia, Wairarapa and Alta Ameem
>
>
>> Hi Mike,
>>
>> Yes Alta'ameem does seem a little fragile...my piece has one corner
>> about to drop away,  not as fragile as the Mokoia though!
>>
>> I had thought I might try and trade or auction some small pieces from
>> them to improve my collection, but I have no idea of the value.  I
>> suppose it depends if a collector is after unusual falls or New Zealand
>> pieces or hammers.  Mokoia must be rarer than Moss and that seems to
>> have caught peoples imagination.  Wairarapa is quite historic being the
>> first found in New Zealand.  I have never seen Mokoia or Wairarapa
>> available before.
>>
>> Thanks for the advice...will you be at the show?
>>
>> All the best
>>
>> Graham Ensor
>>
>> Mike Bandli wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Graham,
>>>
>>> Great acquisitions! Will you be trading/selling any of this material in
>>> Tucson? I recently acquired some Alta'ameem (two small fragments) 
>>> and it
>>> seems to be very porous and brittle. You shouldn't have any problems
>>> transporting them as long as they are with you checked baggage. I 
>>> wouldn't
>>> take them on carry on though.
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>>
>>> Mike Bandli
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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