[meteorite-list] Richard Norton wiki

[Greg Catterton]

I have a wiki account and would be willing to do it if nobody else has the time. I also agree that he deserves an entry.

Greg C.

--- On Wed, 5/27/09, Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Richard Norton
> To: MeteorHntr at aol.com
> Cc: bernd.pauli at paulinet.de, Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 8:46 PM
> Hi List,
> 
> Just a thought here, in honor of Mr. Norton -
> 
> I just noticed that Mr. Norton does not have a wikipedia
> entry, nor
> does his book Rocks from Space.  I think this is a
> major oversight -
> Mr. Norton's contributions surely merit a complete entry in
> Wikipedia.
>  Is there someone here on the list who is fluent with the
> workings of
> Wikipedia?  Perhaps someone could take it upon
> themselves to post an
> entry.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> MikeG
> 
> 
> 
> On 5/27/09, MeteorHntr at aol.com
> <MeteorHntr at aol.com>
> wrote:
> > Bernd and all,
> >
> > I just sold a little piece of Murchison today on 
> Ebay.  Just another day
> > in the life of a meteorite dealer. 
> However,  this very rock (like many of
> > the other meteorites we have) is often mentioned
> as  being 4.56 Billion
> > years
> > old.
> >
> > One human life might make it 100  years. 
> Richard's didn't make it nearly
> > that far.
> >
> > Thus Murchison is  over 45,600,000 human life
> spans old.
> >
> > That is about the same ratio as  there are number
> of seconds in one year;
> > 31,536,000:1
> >
> > Days like  today remind us that we are all only
> "temporary curators" of the
> > meteorites we  briefly possess.
> >
> > Even the oldest of our great collecting
> institutions  have barely held
> > their collections for more than two centuries. 
> Thus, even  our so called
> > "permanent collections" have only held these treasures
> for  1/22,800,000 of
> > their
> > existence.
> >
> > Life is just a flicker in comparison.
> >
> > Richard was a great example to all of us that we have
> an obligation to
> > make our impact on our world while we each have a
> chance.  And his early
> > passing is a reminder to the rest of us that we need
> to take time
> > occasionally
> > to stop and appreciate each other's contributions
> along the way.
> >
> > Richard himself was an example of both those things we
> are reminded  of.
> > Brend brought up for us today of what Richard wrote in
> a METEORITE  article
> > in 2001:
> >
> > NORTON O.R. (2001) Centerpiece: Kapoeta - A 
> Howardite
> > Extraordinaire (Meteorite, May 2001, Vol. 7, No. 2,
> pp.  22-24):
> >
> > "I knew it was different when I first laid eyes on it.
> During the  2000
> > Tucson show
> > Steve Arnold was selling thin sections from the Elbert
> A.  King collection.
> > One in
> > particular from the Kapoeta howardite caught my 
> attention. Even without
> > magni-
> > fication I could see a clast-like feature with  a
> structure I had not seen
> > before  in
> > any meteorite, much less in a  howardite."
> >
> >
> > Above, in just one simple sentence, Richard was
> extending  credit out not
> > just to me, but to Dr. King and even to the collecting
> community  at large
> > via the Tucson Show.  He didn't have to include
> that sentence at  all in
> > that
> > paragraph, but he did.  In a gentlemanly way, he
> was  recognizing others'
> > contributions to his amazing discovery he was
> writing  about.
> >
> > Of course virtually all of Richard's books (and
> other  writings) extended
> > credit and recognition to others as well, in many
> different  ways.
> >
> > Maybe in honor of Richard's contribution into all of
> our  lives, over the
> > next 31,536,000 seconds, we can all try to take just
> one step  closer to
> > being more like Richard.  If we do, this list,
> the meteorite  community, and
> > the
> > world in general will be a much nicer place to
> hang  out.
> >
> > I am going to start:
> >
> > I want to extend an genuine thanks to  everyone
> that makes positive
> > contributions on this list.  One of my
> friends  in a private correspondence
> > today
> > mentioned in reference to Richards passing  that
> it was "very sad to have
> > lost one of the good guys."  In spite of
> some  riff-raff that shows up here
> > on
> > the list occasionally, we do have some really 
> good guys (and gals) here on
> > the list.  "Thanks" to all of you good guys 
> for contributing and making a
> > difference!
> >
> > Steve Arnold
> >
> >
> >
> > .
> >
> > In a message dated 5/27/2009 3:56:00 P.M. Central
> Daylight Time,
> > bernd.pauli at paulinet.de
> writes:
> > "A memory that pops into my mind just now is  of
> a meeting with Richard and
> > Dorothy over lunch in Tucson, one year.  Richard
> wanted to see what I had
> > in
> > the way of thin sections when I pulled  out 6
> Kapoeta thin sections I had
> > from
> > the King Collection... He held one of  them up
> and...said almost in
> > amazement:
> >
> > "This one slide holds a complete  rock collection
> in it!"
> >
> >
> > NORTON O.R. (2001) Centerpiece: Kapoeta - A 
> Howardite
> > Extraordinaire (Meteorite, May 2001, Vol. 7, No. 2,
> pp.  22-24):
> >
> > "I knew it was different when I first laid eyes on
> it.During the  2000
> > Tucson show
> > Steve Arnold was selling thin sections from the Elbert
> A.  King collection.
> > One in
> > particular from the Kapoeta howardite caught my 
> attention. Even without
> > magni-
> > fication I could see a clast-like feature with  a
> structure I had not seen
> > before  in
> > any meteorite, much less in a  howardite."
> >
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