[meteorite-list] Denver Mineral Show

[Peter Davidson]

Dear List 

The show is just over a week away and I am looking forward to it and to meeting some old friends and, perhaps, making a few new ones. If anyone is going to the Merchandise Mart, be sure to check out my wee exhibit on Russian minerals from the collections of the museum.

Apropos a recent e-mail thread on this list concerning a certain showdown in Colorado, can I just add here, for your information, that the word lunatic derives from the Latin word Luna - the moon. It is in allusion to the, at one time, widely held belief that staring at the Moon for any length of time will drive you mad. I am not sure if this also applies to Lunar rocks and meteorites - whether they are real or false! Still, best to take no chances.

See you soon

Peter Davidson
Curator of Minerals
 
Department of Natural Sciences
National Museums Collection Centre
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Scotland
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E-mail: p.davidson at nms.ac.uk

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