[meteorite-list] What makes a hammer a hammer?

Jerry Flaherty grf2 at verizon.net
Sat Jan 3 22:47:27 EST 2009


Now that's a hammer. Nice work Steve. Super piece
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Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 9:03 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] What makes a hammer a hammer?


> In a message dated 1/3/2009 7:56:11 P.M. Central  Standard Time,
> dave at fallingrocks.com writes:
> Sylacauga is a wonderful  story,
> but the material available to collectors didn't hit Mrs. Hodges on the 
> hip.
>
> Dave,
>
> In 1999 I brokered a couple of pieces of Sylacaga from  the King 
> Collection
> that did indeed come from the stone that hit Mrs.  Hodges.  It came from a 
> core
> sample taken from that very stone.   Somehow Dr. King talked them (the 
> local
> library or museum)  into taking a  small core sample from it, maybe he 
> traded
> them some Allende for it.
>
> I  think most of what is on the market of Sylacaga came from the King 
> piece,
> but  check the provenance.  If the slices are round, or partially round on 
> one
> edge, it is probably from that core piece.
>
> Steve Arnold #1
>
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