[meteorite-list] Hammer Question
Richard Kowalski
damoclid at yahoo.com
Wed Jun 16 15:49:21 EDT 2010
If it were Geoff's drive, would he ever part with it for any price?
--
Richard Kowalski
Full Moon Photography
IMCA #1081
--- On Wed, 6/16/10, Shawn Alan <photophlow at yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: Shawn Alan <photophlow at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Hammer Question
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Wednesday, June 16, 2010, 12:45 PM
> Hello Listers,
>
> This is a very interesting question I asked and its fun to
> see what people on the list think what makes a meteorite
> fall a hammer fall or not based on value or what it hits.
> From what I can tell is when fragments from a meteorite fall
> hit a man made object the meteorite fall is called a Hammer
> Fall. Good example, Park Forest meteorite fall/hammer fall.
> Not all stones hit a man made object but the ones that did,
> are called hammer stones and that's why the meteorite
> fall is referred to as a Hammer Fall.
>
> Wouldn't it be cool if a meteorite landed on one of the
> Meteorite Mens driveway on their birth day.... I wonder how
> much that would go for?
>
> Shawn Alan
> IMCA 1633
> eBaystore
> http://shop.ebay.com/photophlow/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p4340
>
>
>
>
> [meteorite-list] Hammer Question
> Richard Kowalski damoclid at yahoo.com
> Wed Jun 16 14:10:16 EDT 2010
>
> Previous message: [meteorite-list] Hammer Question
> Next message: [meteorite-list] "The Bankrupter Stone" - Was
> Hammer Question
> Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [
> author ]
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Hey Eric,
>
> I think you and I are looking at this question coming from
> rather different directions.
>
> Your post is about valuation of hammers, and my post is
> about a definition, a subject which you kind of give short
> shrift to by saying we could get too "anal"ytical about.
>
> To me, the thing that gets hammered, is irrelevant if the
> definition is so broad as to be nearly meaningless. To also
> include all the stones in a fall as part of a "hammer fall"
> seems ridiculously broad, to me that is. 100,000 stones
> fall, but a single 1g frag bounces against barn, so all the
> other 99,999 have been made "more special" in some way?
>
> If that's what some collectors believe, that's fine with
> me. Again, that isn't my area of collecting.
>
> I agree it is up to the collector to place a value on the
> hammer, depending on what object was struck, where it was
> located, and the story and or media coverage about the
> strike, but that is a different topic. One of valuation, not
> the definition of what a hammer is.
>
>
> --
> Richard Kowalski
> Full Moon Photography
> IMCA #1081are hammers. That to me is not
>
> > really a question.
>
> >
>
> > The question is how much more is a hammer stone
> "worth" if
>
> > it hit a shed (regardless of building materials)
> versus it
>
> > hitting a dirt road or even a paved road. Colletors
>
> > will probably not care much if it hits a road unless
> there's
>
> > history surrounding it. Now, if the hammer in question
> hits
>
> > a mailbox, then it's probably "worth" what someone
> will pay
>
> > for it. Simple.
>
> >
>
> > It would be up to the dealer who sells the meteorite
> as a
>
> > hammer as long as he/she explains what the "hammer
> stone"
>
> > impacted and the circumstances surrounding it, and
> then only
>
> > if the the dealer is honest with the collector/buyer,
> and
>
> > the collector/buyer chooses to spend more on it
> because it
>
> > hit something man-made would it be worth more.
>
> >
>
> > If being a hammer stone means a meteorite was worth
> less no
>
> > one would care what constitutes a hammer.
>
> >
>
> > The valuation is the degree of perceived importance.
>
> >
>
> > Regards,
>
> > Eric Wichman
>
> > Meteorites USA
>
> > www.meteoritesusa.com
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > On 6/15/2010 11:52 PM, Shawn Alan wrote:
>
> > > Hello Listers,
>
> > >
>
> > > Now I have a good question about hammer meteorite
>
>
> > falls. It is said that a meteorite fall is a hammer
> fall if
>
> > it hits something that is man made. Now if a meteorite
> lands
>
> > on the surface of a serviced dirt road, a road made by
> man
>
> > from dirt, rocks, oil to coat the road, or other
> processes
>
> > to maintain the dirt road, wouldn't that constitute as
> being
>
> > a hammer fall?
>
> > >
>
> > > Shawn Alan
>
> > > IMCA 1633
>
> > > eBaystore
>
> > > http://shop.ebay.com/photophlow/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p4340
>
>
> > > ______________________________________________
>
> > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html
>
>
> > > Meteorite-list mailing list
>
> > > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>
> > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
>
>
> > >
>
> > >
>
> > ______________________________________________
>
> > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html
>
>
> > Meteorite-list mailing list
>
> > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>
> > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Previous message: [meteorite-list] Hammer Question
> Next message: [meteorite-list] "The Bankrupter Stone" - Was
> Hammer Question
> Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [
> author ]
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> More information about the Meteorite-list mailing list
>
> ______________________________________________
> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html
> Meteorite-list mailing list
> Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
>
More information about the Meteorite-list
mailing list