[meteorite-list] Taza (was: Hammer hammers!)

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Well, Graham,
 
Now that you have the hammer, you should try to get the anvil.
If the Smithsonian will let you have the Tucson Ring!     ;-)
 
Anne M. Black
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In a message dated 11/23/2011 5:55:03 PM Mountain Standard Time, 
graham.ensor at gmail.com writes:
Thanks Matthias,

Would be interesting to see any other meteorites out there that are
also artefacts/used as tools etc.....anyone else got photos to share?

Graham

On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 12:37 AM, Matthias Bärmann <majbaermann at web.de> 
wrote:
>
> Well, Graham, it's a breathtaking iron also without scalp ...
>
> Congratulations!
> Matthias
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Graham Ensor" <graham.ensor at gmail.com>
> To: "Bernd V. Pauli" <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de>
> Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2011 1:09 AM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Taza (was: Hammer hammers!)
>
>
>> Svend has had some of the most spectacular meteorites in his
>> collection as his website illustrates....
>>
>> It made my Ensisheim trip rather expensive that year but I was glad to
>> give it a good home.....would be great to find some way of testing
>> when it was actually used as a hammer....I think Sven suggested trying
>> to look for some organic matter trapped in the many layers of
>> overturned burrs formed on the tip that was the hammer head and have
>> that dated....but that would probably involve cutting into it and I
>> would never want to do that.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Graham