[meteorite-list] Meteorite 20 Questions - Answer and Share if youDare. :)

[Stuart McDaniel - Action Shooting Supply]

Stuart McDaniel
Lawndale, NC
Secr.,
Cleve. Co. Astronomical Society
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> 1) When did you start collecting? (how long ago)    May 2009
>
> 2) What first interested you about meteorites?    I could actually hold 
> something from space!!
>
> 3) What was your first meteorite purchase, and from whom?    NWAxxx from 
> John (moonman)
>
> 4) How many meteorites or localities do you currently have in your 
> collection?    63
>
> 5) If you had to know for insurance purposes, what do you value your
> entire collection at? - in dollars - ballpark figure OK, or just say
> "none of your business".                            +/- 2000.00
>
> 6) What is your favorite meteorite and why?    Either my 
> Brenham(pallasites are the coolest!!)) or Almahatta Sitta(Unique)
>
> 7) Have you ever found a meteorite in the field?        No
>
> 8) Did you ever get the deal of a lifetime on a meteorite?  If so, what 
> was it?    A Dry Lake from Steve Arnold (MetMan)
>
> 9) Did you ever go through the ordeal of a lifetime to obtain a        No
> meteorite?  If so, please explain.
>
> 10) Have you ever consumed meteoritic material?  (If so, how or under
> what circumstances?)        Hell no, it cost too much!!!
>
> 11) Does your spouse share your meteorite passion, is ambivalent
> towards it, or resents it?        Appreciates it.
>
> 12) Have you ever let a bill go unpaid or late to buy a meteorite? 
> No (not yet) LOL!!
>
> 13) A perfectly oriented, fully crusted, baseball-sized, lunar
> meteorite crashes through your roof and lands in your lap while you
> are reading this.  It's the most gorgeous aesthetically-superior
> specimen you have ever seen - like Lafayette, but better.  It legally
> belongs to you.  What do you do with it?

                            Do the Meteorite Dance also, send a sample for 
analysis, probably donate some samples, sell a few, and keep a BIG hunk
>
> 14) Statistics have caught up with someone.  Anne Hodges will no
> longer be the only documented person to be struck by a falling
> meteorite.  Assuming the next person struck could be anyone and you
> could pick that person, who would it be?  (silly answers only, nothing
> mean or political)                        ME, ME, ME, ME !!!!
>
> 15) You are awarded the honor of selecting one specimen to keep from
> any meteorite collection in the world.  What would it be? 
> ALMAHATTA SITTA
>
> 16) Have you ever sold or donated your entire collection, and then had
> to rebuild it?              Absolutely NOT!!!
>
> 17) Summarize what you think about tektites in one sentence.  The look 
> like turds. :^)
>
> 18) Which do you prefer - thin sections, whole specimens, slices, or 
> endcuts?    WHOLE
>
> 19) Do you collect meteorwrongs?    NO
>
> 20) Have you ever dropped a tiny crumb of a rare meteorite and lost it? 
> ALMOST,  LOST A PIECE OF MY TAGISH LAKE
>
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