[meteorite-list] Your First Meteorite - When did you Get It

[Stuart McDaniel - Action Shooting Supply]

Newbie here.........................My first was relative recent, early 
2009. It was a small collection of uNWA's from John "moonman" from the 
CloudyNights forum. I had no idea it was even possible to own a meteorite 
and was very skeptical they were real because I had NEVER done ANY reading 
or research. It had just never crossed my mind. After some research I was 
convinced. Then Mike Gilmer hooked me up with shergottite and lunar 
micro-mount, and I was hooked. I became an ebay terrorist!!  That got me 
hooked up with several of you guys (Adam & Greg Hupe, Gary Fujihara, Gary 
Catterton, etc.) and have some acquired almost 60 small, but very nice 
specimens to date. And less not forget about that time I saw the first 
"Meteorite Men" show and was really hooked!! Geoff and Steve seem to be 
really great guys and Steve has also contributed to my collection/ADDICTION.


Stuart McDaniel
Lawndale, NC
Secr.,
Cleve. Co. Astronomical Society


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Lenssen" <rlenssen at planet.nl>
To: "Greg Stanley" <stanleygregr at hotmail.com>; 
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2010 4:13 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Your First Meteorite - When did you Get It


> My first meteorite was a Mundrabilla.
>
> I bought it in a mineral shop in Amsterdam in 1991, when still a student 
> and visiting Amsterdam.
> Couldn't believe it was possible to buy something like that. It was still 
> uncut/unetched an looked like an ugly rusted piece of iron.
>
> I bought it under the condition that it could be returned, when found not 
> to be a meteorite. The curator of the mineral collection at the Geology 
> Department of my University in Delft, was so kind to do some testing, and 
> could confirm it to be a meteorite.
> After reading a lot of books from the library, and finishing my first 
> etching experiment (nearly blowing up the kitchen, but that's an other 
> story.....), I could see for myself he was right.
>
> Rob Lenssen
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Greg Stanley" <stanleygregr at hotmail.com>
> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 8:17 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Your First Meteorite - When did you Get It
>
>
>
> Hi List:
>
> Gives me an idea for a new thread:
>
> What was you first meteorite? When did you acquire it?
>
> Greg S.
>
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