[meteorite-list] What Started It All...?

[Mark Crawford]

For me it's mainly the old historic falls.  I love the way they link us 
back in a chain through time, across different countries, languages, 
different philosophies and world-views which were extant at that point.  
I also like poring over the surviving records of the time. 

That fact that many of them are only available in small pieces (often at 
silly prices) only adds to the allure - they are a rare species within a 
rare class of objects.

Other than those, I have a soft spot for low petrologic type chondrites 
like 4522, 2918, 4699 - very beautiful, primitive matter - and 
well-prepared irons. I think the irons are interesting because such a 
high proportion of them are ungrouped or anomalous - suggesting we still 
have a lot to learn about them.

So in a nutshell, for me it's history, beauty, and mystery :)

Mark


Michael L Blood wrote:
> Hi Eric and all,
>         Great post, Eric. I think about every 6 months the list should have
> A "why I like meteorites" posting flood.
>        


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