[meteorite-list] Ad Whetstone Mountains

[John Gwilliam]

There's a good reason to keep the coordinates as 
"unknown".  It keeps the cockroaches away.

Best,
John Gwilliam


At 06:43 PM 6/21/2010, cdtucson at cox.net wrote:
>Jack, Congrats on this wonderful fall. I ask 
>respectfully, When are you going to share the 
>coordinates of this find? I ask because as of 
>this date it is still listed in the meteorite 
>bulletin database as  Coordinates: unknown . How 
>exactly does that work? Do you list the coords 
>of the first rock found or perhaps the middle of 
>the strewnfield? Thank you in advance. Carl -- 
>Carl or Debbie Esparza Meteoritemax ---- Jack 
>Schrader <schraderj at rocketmail.com> wrote: > 
>Dear list members, > > Â Â Â Â  Just a 
>reminder......the bidding for the 207.1 gram 
>main mass fragment of Whetstone Mountains on 
>eBay will end at 18;:36:50 or 6:36 pm PST on 
>Wednesday, June 23.  Some or all of you may 
>have recognized the fact that this auction ends 
>on the one year anniversary of this fall, June 
>23, 2009.  This Arizona fall is the most 
>thoroughly and well documented fall in 
>history.  Each of the 22 pieces recovered from 
>this fall is pictured and documented in the 
>monograph entitled "Preliminary Note on the 
>Shower of Meteoric Stones found by Jack 
>Schrader, near Whetstone Mountains, Cochise 
>County, Arizona."Â  The fact that there have 
>only been 22 stones with a total weight of 3055 
>grams recovered from this fall in nearly a year 
>now, makes this an exceedingly rare 
>meteorite.  The fact that each piece has been 
>photographed and recorded in situ makes the fall 
>exceptional, and the fact that each piece has 
>been meticulously recorded and pictured in 
>the >  published monograph, makes each specimen 
>from this fall unique with unquestionable 
>provenance for all time.  > >      This is 
>your opportunity to add an exceptionally rare 
>and absolutely pristine and untouched specimen 
>of only the second fall in Arizona to be 
>recovered in 97 years to your collection at a 
>price that is an unbelievable but real  
>bargain for such an exceptionally rare 
>meteorite.  The current bid price for this 
>specimen is way below the true value of this 
>meteorite and is certain to only increase over 
>time.  This 207.1 gram stone has been 
>photographed and recorded into the database at 
>the University of Arizona as well which also 
>adds to the provenance for this stone.  > >   
>Â Â  I have again included the link below for 
>those interested; > > 
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160446117841  
> > > Â Â Â Â  Thanks for 
>looking.........Jack > > >       > 
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Regards,

John Gwilliam

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