[meteorite-list] Dam Hammer

[MeteorHntr at aol.com]

Greg,

I think all meteorite specimens have a story.

Some of  the stories are lost.  Some are preserved.

Some stories will be more  appealing to some people than they will be to 
others.

If a rock hit a  pond, or a dam, or a car or a road, etc. it is all part of 
that rock's  story.   Some people will appreciate a rock more depending on the  
particular story (history) it has.  Some people will value such a rock  more, 
and some will even pay more.

I think my job is to tell the story,  and let the buyers value them the way 
they personally choose.

Is it a  hammer?  I guess it is in the eye of the beholder. 

Personally, I  think that it being found just a few feet from water, where it 
would have been  lost forever, is kind of cool.  If you are a bull dozer 
operator, you might  highly value that a rock impacted a man made dam.  If you 
live in Texas,  you might like it.  If you like oriented stones you might like 
it.   Lots of reasons to like it.

As a marketer, I am just trying to help  people justify why they want to pay 
a price for a rock I am selling.   That's all.

Steve

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In a message dated 3/18/2009 1:05:40 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
stanleygregr at yahoo.com writes:
All:

Doesn’t a ‘Hammer’ have to do  damage to anything living (person, dog or 
animal) or any made-made object?   If a meteorite hit a tree and scraped off some 
of the bark – would that be a  hammer?  However, if a large meteorite struck 
a sidewalk and chipped  (damaged) it, then that may be considered a hammer.

Thanks,

Greg  Stanley
 
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